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I participated in this test with my cabine tree tester.
http://www.lasc.us/Shay-BHN-Tester-Experiment.htm#CabineTree
http://www.lasc.us/Shay-BHN-Tester-Experiment.htm#CabineTree
Sounds like more dangerous way to make bullets if it has arsenic in it .I stick to maken bullets with 100 soft lead but I do it for pcp air rifles that I have .I make .498 round ball got my .50cal ,for my .357 I have both round ball and flate nose 158 grain mold .older wheel weights were made of lead the new stuff doesn't have very much lead I think I read it's like 5% the rest is the mix metals more alloy then pure lead I know some place are crazy enough to crack open old car batteries for the pure lead .I'll buy mine online it's bit high in price but what isn't these days .Tin is used to harden alloy and help fill out molds. Wheel weights already have a small amount of tin in it. Along with antimony and arsenic
I ordered one a couple days ago. Wont get it til January 5th.I want to get one of the Lee hardness tools.
I read part of the instructions, it doesn't have softer than BHN 8 listed and I'm normally working with pure or slightly harder. Not sure about it now.I ordered one a couple days ago. Wont get it til January 5th.
Im going to hard cast some bullets for smokeless and maybe for a couple cf rifles. So it may come in handy for that.I read part of the instructions, it doesn't have softer than BHN 8 listed and I'm normally working with pure or slightly harder. Not sure about it now.
Sounds like more dangerous way to make bullets if it has arsenic in it
Don't eat the shot. Be wary if you own chickens so they don't eat the shot.All lead shot has arsenic in it.
It's not dangerous in any way.
Don't eat the shot. Be wary if you own chickens so they don't eat the shot.
Also don't grind and inhale tungsten, it's very bad for you. Steel shot is probably the safest, but not the best ammunition.
Not trying to be rude any way dude but inless there another arsenic I'm not familiar with cause the only one I know of is dangerous if breathed in will hurt you enough of it will kill you it use to be in light bulbs in few case in time they've had crazy people use it for some bad things . So not dangerous I don't beliveAll lead shot has arsenic in it.
It's not dangerous in any way.
Not trying to be rude any way dude but inless there another arsenic I'm not familiar with cause the only one I know of is dangerous if breathed in will hurt you enough of it will kill you it use to be in light bulbs in few case in time they've had crazy people use it for some bad things . So not dangerous I don't belive
I wasnt meaning being shot with it lol I'd prefer not to be shot at all lol I was meaning fumes inhaling when melting it but I'll take your word for it on that I can use it in my guns any how it's to hard on the barrel liners that why use pure soft leadI'm not trying to be rude either just honest. Lead shot with a little common sense is only dangerous if you are shot by it.
Arsenic is in tiny amounts along with copper and antimony is used to harden shot.
If you eat a pheasant and a piece of shot is swalled you will be fine.
If you harden your pure lead with a little lead shot and you cast with plenty of ventilation, you will be fine.
Yes, sorry, I didn't mention that significant issue with us ML fans. I told LEE a while back that they sure would sell a lot of testers if they would just make another one that reads hardness for pure lead and the softer alloys. Don't think that message got to LEE's President!I read part of the instructions, it doesn't have softer than BHN 8 listed and I'm normally working with pure or slightly harder. Not sure about it now.
I did that, that is make my own lead tester, I used a dial indicator. Started off with what were factory round balls that should be pure lead and use that for a baseline. I used wheel weights for the top of the line for hardness, and then I tested my other lead, I always used a fresh piece so there would be no oxidation so that my needlepoint could penetrate a little into it. It might sound kind of crude, and I had to design my own scale, but I can sure tell you if a piece of lead is hard or soft, better than my fingernail test. I'll attach a picture to the bottom of this email. You can't see the face of the dial indicator, but it works with a pushbutton from behind. It was what I used to set ring gear spacings.Yes, sorry, I didn't mention that significant issue with us ML fans. I told LEE a while back that they sure would sell a lot of testers if they would just make another one that reads hardness for pure lead and the softer alloys. Don't think that message got to LEE's President!
It might work to use the Lee hardness with a lesser time of pressure during the indent-creation, to get a reading for pure lead, 1:50 alloy, 1:30, etc. You could then create your own chart for that, but would have to get or make some known alloy with which to formulate it.
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Love "Rube Goldberg" creations that solve a problem. Keep it up!I did that, that is make my own lead tester, I used a dial indicator. Started off with what were factory round balls that should be pure lead and use that for a baseline. I used wheel weights for the top of the line for hardness, and then I tested my other lead, I always used a fresh piece so there would be no oxidation so that my needlepoint could penetrate a little into it. It might sound kind of crude, and I had to design my own scale, but I can sure tell you if a piece of lead is hard or soft, better than my fingernail test. I'll attach a picture to the bottom of this email. You can't see the face of the dial indicator, but it works with a pushbutton from behind. It was what I used to set ring gear spacings.
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Steel shot law of the land in '91 and implemented nationwide for waterfowl in '92....I believe upland use regulated by state. Can still buy lead filled shot shells with hunting loads here in Michigan tho some loads have copper plated leadTungsten welding electrodes are ground to a point and the dust is fairly dangerous. The same could form from hitting rocks with tungsten shot. I guess what I'm getting at is the lead pellets might be less toxic in the long run. But I can't remember a time when lead shot was allowed for waterfowl, steel was the required load around here.
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