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Thread: LEE LEAD MELTER ADVICE

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  1. 14-06-2022, 06:28 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Three O'Three View Post
    I was given some roof flashing lead strips, quite dirty and didn't want to put it in my nice new Lee pot. Will be melting it down in a old saucepan to remove the impurities and making some nice ingots out of it.
    How many solder sticks for say every 1kg of lead? Thanks
    Start with 1 stick to 10 kg of lead is usually enough you only need enough to fill out the mould Tin is not for hardness,
    For hunting bullets the softer the better, High velocity with cast is obtainable but the bullets are no better than FMJ's
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