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I have over 80 lbs of small ingots I made over 20 hrs ago. Between divorce and move lost track of which ones are pure lead or wheel weights. I need to be sure before making bullets for black powder rifle. Is there a way I can be sure, test somehow? NRA Life Member | ||
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A lead hardness tester will tell you exactly. Mine is a Sako (I think). Others are out there. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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You asked the same question up in reloading and you have your answers there. There are several ways short of buying a lead hardness tester to tell pure lead from wheel weight metal. It is actually easy to tell the diff. | |||
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I have a Cabine Tree tester and it is the easiest one to use in my opinion. There is a way to tell the difference between dead soft and wheel weight if that is all you have no mixes. Take the ingots and drop them from about 2 foot up on cement. The soft ones will go thud. The hard ones will ring. Like I said if all you have is the two types this will seperate them. | |||
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