Hi all,
I've been a part of the forum for a while now, but mostly to discuss loading and shooting cast, which I do a lot. But I've never actually cast my own yet. I am about to get into it now though, because I need to make some specialty bullets for applications that don't have a good, inexpensive target bullet on the market. I have about 8 lbs of scrap lead right now to start. Mostly sinkers from a cast net, airgun pellets, and various pure lead muzzleloader projectiles that I don't use, a little pit of range scrap, and some messed up cast boolits I have bought, so it is almost all pure lead i think. I have a 2 or 3 qt cast iron pot I am going to smelt in.
I know it might not be ideal, but if i can get a good hot camp fire going that I can have some basic level of temp control over, would that be sufficient to smelt this lead for ingots, as it is not very dirty at all? Is there a danger of it getting too hot? If so, how would I tell it is getting too hot?
Thanks!