Originally posted by Led
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I suppose it's the lead I'm using. It's old roof vent flashing from a roofer that lives in the neighborhood that comes off of roofs he's replacing. It's very soft. But I did absolutely nothing to clean it or remove any of the impurities before it went into the pot. When I melt it it's covered with old paint, tar, bird poop, old spider nests. and who knows what else. Once it melts all of that stuff either vaporizes, or it floats to the top as slag and gets skimmed off with an old spoon. Every once in a while, as I add more lead to the pot, I toss in a pinch of paraffin candle wax - it smokes for a few seconds then the smoke bursts into flame. Pretty cool to watch - impressed the heck out of the grandkids that were just coming home from school while I was casting my first batch.
But yeah, I noted how shiny those balls were compared with the Hornady ones that I have. At least I can tell them apart.
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