Just getting back into casting and have a bunch of misc lead, wheel weights, plumbing scrap and misc lead with no history. Melted down some of the lead yesterday and poured about -60- 1lb ingots. Just wanted to see if my turkey oil cooker burner could handle it (it did).
Don't have a hardness tester and looking for some feedback related to loading for example 130 gr cast GC bullets for 950 fps (120K plus power factor) in a .38 revolver. At that light bullet weight and velocity and using a gas check...would bullet hardness be less of a concern?
Also with that combination would aluminum gas checks be a good combination...I like the idea of aluminum vs copper.
Thanks