Simon G, Thank you for the clear and concise write up. You have just clarified a topic that three books couldn’t.

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You get it from plumbing merchants. Basically, it's a bar of plumbing solder made of 50% tin and 50% lead.


Once done, throw in the 50/50 solder. Once that's melted, you're going to need to flux the metal. Take a small piece of bullet lubricant, beeswax or tallow, about the size of a pea, and drop it in the mixture. It's going to ignite, don't worry.
For example, how many grams of this solder will I mix with, say, 10lbs of pure lead? Or is the mixing weight irrelevant and I just throw one bar of 50/50 solder for whatever weight of lead?

I really wanted to have a go at making my own Blackpowder to complete the "experience", but I'm led to believe that's a lot more problematic and possibly illegal!!!

Probably not a good idea with all our terrorism laws etc. You don’t want to spend 42 days inside just for experimenting

ATB,
Krish