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    Boolit Mold
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    ID This

    I scored this stuff from the scrapyard a while back and it's clearly smashed up lead tubing of some kind. It's fairly hard to the fingernail also.

    I'm really wondering if there's solder?

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    Looks like real old Lead sewer & sink drain pipe stuff.

    It'll be dirty, but more or less pure except where the pieces are put together.
    Its done with solder, but the least little bit they could get away with.
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    Thanks for the info. Yeah, it even looks dirty. I'm going to melt it down into ingots this week I think. It'll be interesting to see,

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    I agree with Winger Ed,It is old waste line.The coating or crap that builds up over many years is what is hard.Clean a spot off and you will be able to scratch it shoul be pure with a little tin from the solder joints.One thing about old lead pipe is all the crap that comes with it.Keep this in mind when buying pipe.It is most of the time 25% dirt and crap.If you want to recover some of the solder you can heat the joints with a torch.The solder will melt before the lead.With a little practice you can run the solder right off the joints.I do this with the big solder joints that look like and egg shape.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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