tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post4455964780600431352..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: Praxis: Take that, collectivism! How I labored on Labor Day.Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-16216145437460643332013-09-10T05:56:25.110-05:002013-09-10T05:56:25.110-05:00I do not dig berms. Very bad form around here and...I do not dig berms. Very bad form around here and it will get you escorted out and told never to come back. No, all I do is pick them up off the surface. Best time is after a couple of days of hard rain. Pick a washout that's been carved by the water in the bank and there they are, sitting like so many dandelions on the surface, waiting to be plucked. The lead melts out of the jackets and the jackets float to the surface. You take a fryer tool, get a number of the jackets in the slotted bowl and gently shake them from side to side. Most residual lead still in the jackets flows out and back into the pot. Take the jackets and put into another container and sell them for scrap afterward. Out of 200 pounds of jacketed range scrap we netted 60 pounds of dirty copper. Fluxing removes the small particles. Discard the fluxed dross. What is left over is pure lead, no copper shreds.Dutchman6https://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-75111639814047744842013-09-09T21:54:21.133-05:002013-09-09T21:54:21.133-05:00How exactly does one go about getting access to ra...How exactly does one go about getting access to range scrap? I get the cowboy scrap, kinda, as it would be lying on the ground near the steel plates. Do you dig in the burms at out door ranges for the other? And how well would jacketed scrap work in melting down to mould new boolits? Would you have copper shreds in the middle of your new lead casts? I guess I have a lot to learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-10983056766592545312013-09-03T23:22:28.492-05:002013-09-03T23:22:28.492-05:00Car batteries are not a source for boolit lead. P...Car batteries are not a source for boolit lead. Please read the following forum thread for the particulars. <br /><br />http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?138362-Why-Car-Batteries-Are-Dangerous<br /><br />Please don't harm yourself or others by using car batteries!SciFiJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06176144009407925573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-85009788269426362332013-09-03T14:47:52.571-05:002013-09-03T14:47:52.571-05:00Mike, can one use the lead out of car batteries?Mike, can one use the lead out of car batteries?Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14955307517286759020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-87018244176374795242013-09-03T09:56:02.675-05:002013-09-03T09:56:02.675-05:00That's the easy part. When you get to casting...That's the easy part. When you get to casting, sizing, lubing, packaging, and loading it will take a lot longer. But it's rewarding. <br /><br />Best thing is a couple of bullet moulds. They don't have to be the same style. Multiple cavities work well.<br /><br />When you get going on the casting the moulds will heat up, requiring a minute or so for the bullets to harden. While you are waiting you can fill another mould.<br /><br />You'll need a separate container for the cut off sprues.Jim22http://therealrevo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-56976369507204035622013-09-03T08:59:06.656-05:002013-09-03T08:59:06.656-05:00Oh for the days when linotype was cheap and plenti...Oh for the days when linotype was cheap and plentiful.<br />I'm assuming that the cast scrap is about right, the cowboy scrap is mostly lead with just a bit of tin and antimony, and the jacketed scrap is pretty much pure lead.<br />Using old pewter stuff for the tin is something I'd not heard of before. Great idea.Uncle Larnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-68939215137645580892013-09-03T07:32:02.755-05:002013-09-03T07:32:02.755-05:00for some reason clicking on the photos for the big...for some reason clicking on the photos for the big version still only shows me the thumbnail. still looks like a good time, though.jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615104086703717817noreply@blogger.com