How do you process ALL the grit out... Surely just a few grains of errant sand will bugger a rifle barrel in short order?
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How do you process ALL the grit out... Surely just a few grains of errant sand will bugger a rifle barrel in short order?
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You don't need to. The stones and grit float on the top of the molten lead and you scoop it off. Fluxing helps the process. Read "from ingot to target". It has all the bullet making lore from the greats such as Elmer Keith.Originally Posted by harvey_s
Last edited by DesG; 27-09-2022 at 02:21 PM.
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Just make sure if you remove lead, the range owner knows you're doing it. Some can get very funny, as they claim to own it.
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If the lead free rules come in they should be very grateful!
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Well they do own it, but hereabouts we have found that scrappies do not want range lead (too dirty) and we struggle to get rid of it.
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I found this quite strange to see when I started melting range lead, the small stones and even steel BBs float to the top and sit so high on the surface it's like polystyrene on water. The bigger pieces I just picked out beforehand.
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