Glad to hear that you got it melted.
Glad to hear that you got it melted.
I am reminded of my career of years ago. A cable splicer supplied me with splices, which are 6" to 8" in diameter and maybe 18" to 24" long. Al of the wire used in lead cable days is fabric insulated.
I cut the sheath with a hammer and chisel. It is very soft lead.
My work included a lot of soldering. The soldering iron holders were full of clumps of solder, since nobody had any reason for getting the solder out. It was even more of a reflex than a practice to tin a tip that had been sitting and tap the iron on the holder. My early forays into casting for 45 Auto and 38 Spl were from this source, cable splices mixed with solder clumps. I still have two or three clumps of solder in the garage.
I just used the small angle grinder with an old diamond blade on it ran it up the side spread it apart with a screwdriver and pulled the cables out I was given a couple 1000 lbs of lead and all I had to do was return the copper cable to the owner
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 |