Hi Guys,
Let me preface this by saying that, yes, I did try a couple of searches before asking this.
It seems to me that several years back, there was a discussion about getting copper melted in the lead pot with pure lead, for the purpose of creating a high BHN boolit. As I recall, it involved melting some sort of lawn product that had copper flakes in the pot. As I type that, I realize how nutty that sounds.
Does that sound familiar to anyone? Has anyone here found a useful way to melt copper into the lead alloy? I don’t have an easy source of antimony or tin, but I’ve got a fair amount of pure lead old pipe, and I’ve got plenty of copper wire. Just wondering how I might blend some copper into the melt to get a hard boolit.
Thanks,
8mmFan