Idaholewis
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Curious to your thoughts/opinions on Lead Hardness and it’s importance? Which tester do you use?
Me , also and mostly don't worry about hardness . I use mostly 20-1 lead , tin. Of course I don't use Sub or blackhorn , real black.themoose said:being old and cheap, could not see ponying up to expensive testers... tried pencil set and Lee... use Lee, but often frustrated by difficulty in getting consistent reading their lens...sometimes use calipers and jewler's magnifier with lamp... go to ml lead is thumbnail... never fails me...
ShawnT said:Cabine Tree for me.
ShawnT said:I'm casting Pure Lead for .500 diameter bullets that I shoot in sabots from my .54cal. The Cabine tree was something our Buddy IdahoRon recommended to me. I got it mostly to check out the scrap lead I had gotten. It all proved not to be pure. I have since fond out that a guy from my club was a Plumber in NY City that uses Lead for the large cast Iron Drain pipes in the Buildings in the city. He brought me about 100lb in bars of pure lead they use. I had LBT make me a a mold that I sort of designed from parts of other bullets. It shoots great.
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