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Don2 wrote:If I may add a little info.
You need to buy a book...It's the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook. I have the Third Edition, not sure what edition is current?
This book will tell you just about all you need to know about what you want to do

I keep mine handy, its always been good reading. Plus it has a bunch of recipes/loads using lead bullets.

Wheel Weights are always a thrill to find...But with all the tree hugging and world saving that is going on these dayZ...they are getting hard to find. Plus they have some now that are not lead...so be careful.
If some float and don't want to melt at normal temp..scoop them out, do not turn temp up..!!!

An old Rancher by me had melted a bunch of misc. lead and poured it into a hole in the ground as a mold???
Think it was old tractor wheel weights.
He had heard me asking people if they had any lead they wanted to get rid of or sell and said he had just what I wanted....all I had to do is get it to my house..!!
Well...It was a LARGE hole about 18" x 18".Needless to say it was toooooooo heavy for me to move, had to use a tractor to put it into my truck then use my front end loader to remove it...It almost imposable to get a large chunk of pure lead into smaller pieces!!!!! Think about it....I tried everything but build a large fire and melt it!!!
I'm still working on it....it's kinda like big a pet lead rock.

ALSO...It would be very nice to have a BHN lead hardness tester to get your mix where you want it.
The best one I have seen is this one, but its about $100..!!
http://www.lbtmoulds.com/hardtester.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A few guys I know on other reloading forums have this unit and love it.

Don2

OldCannon wrote:I will gladly accept all donations of pure, soft lead. My Minie balls insist on only the finest lead

I'm curious about your source. I'm told that there are places that have scrap "xray wall" lead, but I can never find a "Lead Walls R Us" store