So I would need roughly 10 pounds of soft lead to offset 1 pound of this lead if its around 34 BHN?
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Type: Posts; User: asmusg
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
So I would need roughly 10 pounds of soft lead to offset 1 pound of this lead if its around 34 BHN?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Thanks for the advice I have seen that chart before just not one that went higher than 2H. All of my lead was random chunks I have acquired so its hard to tell where it came from. I just ordered a...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I know this is an old tread but hopefully someone still look at it. I have cast my first lead ingots and got a set of pencils to test the hardness but the first pencil that is able to scratch the...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
thanks everyone for the advice I will try that and see if it helps.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I just recently started melting lead and before today I have melted about 70 pounds. As the day went on my ingots started to get a foggy color and start to have a yellow brown color to them. Does...
| BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
| BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
| BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
| C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
| HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
| PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
| LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
| GC | Gas Check |