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  1. 04-28-2011, 07:09 PM #1
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    Caught a break

    I might have mentioned, a week or so ago, that I did my Spring smelt. There were these "soup can" ingots that somebody gave me long ago. Decided to melt them too and kept them separate, cause I didn't know exactly what was in them.

    So, after pouring them into 1 lb ingots I noticed they looked "tinny". One of the guys at work does a lot of scrapping metal, so I got him to take one and get it anylized. Turns out it's 35% tin and the rest lead!!! Yeah!!! Have a total of about 35 lbs of the stuff. Really glad I kept it separated. I was actually afraid it might have zink or something in it. Started out as solder maybe??
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  2. 04-29-2011, 12:47 AM #2
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    Good catch.
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  3. 04-30-2011, 12:28 PM #3
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    Nice! 65/35 solder, I'm guessing?
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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