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Me too. Too bad it's now discontinued.

8.5 grains of 800x was my absolute favorite for 255 gr 45 Colt. Better than any pistol powder I tried. ****ty metering, and unburned granules, though...if you care about that, and I don't.

Excellent condition.

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I'm selling my barely used LabRadar Chronograph. This a terrific tool for working up loads quickly. I've used it to track velocities of everything from 22 shorts to .715 round ball. I don't think any...

So, NOE is the only one known to be making nice ingot moulds?

I had seen some threads about past group buys of the 'Cast Boolits' ingot moulds but those don't appear to be active.
Anybody know someone here on the forum that makes something like that?

I wouldn't sweat the BHN too much. First of all, unless you have access to lab equipment, it hardly matters what the "the number" is. What matters is approximate or relative hardness.

I agree on...

Don't overlook scrap yards. There's some serious booty to be had. They price high-tin stuff like babbitt and pewter at the same rate as lead.

Glad I bought it. The guys at the scrap yard know me well. I'm always trying to beat the guy from the battery company that comes around.
There was quite a bit of ash when I melted it. That must be...

I melted 6 or 7 lbs in my casting pot. Melt point appears about between 300 and 340. For fun, I cast a few 45 Colt bullets. Normally, they drop at about 255-260. The solder bullets weighed right at...

It will be interesting to see how it behaves on its own in the pot and mold. If it's promising, I'll just keep it, mix it, and shoot it up.
None of the scrapyards around here use XRF scanners so I...

It is rather heavy. It's hard to believe this stuff is lead-free. I just hope this stuff doesn't have lead in it. Maybe I'll melt a pure batch and see what the boolits look like.

My 'preferred' scrap yard had 10 3-gallon metal buckets 1/2 to 2/3 full of solder drippings. Looked to be clean; no mixed junk The yard guy said it came from a local company that makes circuit boards...

I saw that Midway had them, and frankly, it kind of pissed me off since I put my order in back in mid February. They say it will ship out by the end of the month, so what's another week at this point?

They asked for my credit card info back on 6 April. I responded that day and haven't heard a peep since.

Got the credit card verification email today. Emails says 'shipping soon.

I'm going to take different tack on the dive belt weights. Yes, they could be anything, but when I find them, I perform the 'ring test', and I keep the ringiest ones. Those have been some of the...

Sorry for the confusion; but the piece above, marked, "Imperial" is a lead-based typemetal, not Babbitt, made probably in the 20s or 30s by the Imperial Type Metal Co. (base on sales brochures and...

Nothing but luck. And I'm especially happy when I get some of that kind of good luck.

I don't buy it there because they charge 70 cents a pound and I can get better, cleaner lead for 42 cents a pound at my 'regular' place.

What this place has been good for is finding old foundry...

I had to move many hundreds of pounds of dirty flashing and other heavy junk to find the treasure. Now my hands and wrists hurt even more than normal. But, it was worth it, it appears.
The ingots...

Hmm, I'd almost trade you straight across for that.:smile:

Never seen babbitt until today. I didn't know what it was at the scrap yard but I knew I had to have it.
It's marked "QQT-390 Grade 2 CSR"

A quick google search shows the following composition:...

These are old publications by the Imperial Type Metal Co. but I have found them to be very useful in understanding more about how these alloys behave. The first one is called "Type Metal Explained"...