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Have gathered what I need for smelting:
Safety Gear
Turkey Cooker
Cast Iron Dutch Oven
SS Skimmer
SS Ladle
Sawdust for Flux
Ingot Mold
20# Alloy from Screwbolts 11.5 Bhn
30# Range Scrap Bhn ???
50/50 lead/Tin solder, if needed
The range scrap has about 35-40% cast bullets which I assume is probably #2 Alloy, 2 bullets on the left.
The rest are various jacketed bullets and some soft .22 bullets, and 2 lead ww I found.
I think I can assume about 10# scrap loss giving about 40# of total alloy, I will weigh everything before smelting.
My question is, assuming about 1% tin in 40# of alloy, should i add about 12oz of 50/50 solder (6oz tin) to increase
overall tin to about 2%?
I just want to "head off" any casting problems to help with my first cast.