Re: Telephone Cable Lead?
I shot hundreds of pounds of minies made from cable sheathing back in the 1980s. You couldn't get anything softer than that or X-ray room lead back then, but I think things may have changed though when the price of lead rose.
Anyone who uses scrap lead is being penny wise and pound foolish if they don't use a lead hardness tester. They pay for themselves the first time you use scrap lead. Before I owned one, I cast over 1300 out of lead that passed the thumbnail test, but came out about BHN 6 on the tester. My minies were going through side-ways. I bought a tester and haven't had that problem since.
Another source for free lead is stained glass window shops. The last two I went to looked at me like I was nuts for offering to pay them for the scrap. They gave me over 200 lbs of lead, then thanked me for saving them a trip to the recycling center. Watch out for the joints, the solder has tin.
Gary Van Kauwenbergh
Co G, 114th ILL Vol Inf
# 10143
"Alle Kunst ist umsonst Wenn ein Engel in das Zündloch prunst."
(In vain the skill and arts of man, When an angel pisses the priming pan.)
Field Marshal Gebhard L. von Blücher
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