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  1. The Appalachian

    Contaminated lead?

    I probably know somebody that'd be interested in your "contaminated" lead if you want to get rid of it.
  2. The Appalachian

    Contaminated lead?

    I like my Lee hardness tester because it gives me a number I can write on the box containing the lead or lead alloy. I like numbers to define what I have. I've never fooled with the pencils but I see a lot of folks do. Pure lead WILL be scratched (rather deep) by the corner of a thumbnail dug...
  3. The Appalachian

    Beeswax

    I only ladle pour from the top of the melt, old school. Sawdust is just an exponential pain in the azz for that. Since your new to casting, here's a lesson. The alloy you put into your casting pot should already have been thoroughly cleaned of the junk in a separate smelting pot. Fluxing a...
  4. The Appalachian

    Like I Need More Projects......

    It's called research.......
  5. The Appalachian

    Like I Need More Projects......

    That's good info, thanks. Britannia Pewter: know all about it. Just smashed up two pieces today, a cup, and a bud vase, from ebay, to fit into my smelting pot. Got two ingots, total weight 1.5 lbs. 13 lbs of the same will be here Saturday and go into the pot as well.
  6. The Appalachian

    I did a bad thing.

    Go and search their customer help center for "returning a muzzleloader". The link below pops up and THAT IS IT. Nothing specific to muzzleloaders. I know you mean well, and I agree, but unfortunately this is their policy. Now it's a muzzleloader here, so not technically under the federal law...
  7. The Appalachian

    Like I Need More Projects......

    For context and reference German Silver, which does not contain any actual silver at all, is made up of zinc, copper, and nickel, and is widely accepted as suitable for longrifle furniture. I'm still trying to determine which would be harder and more durable, or if zinc pewter would be...
  8. The Appalachian

    Like I Need More Projects......

    Wilton Armetale "pewter" is known in the bullet casting world as, well, junk. No tin content and is an aluminum alloy designed to replicate the look of pewter. It is for all intents and purpose, what I would consider to be fake pewter. It however, might be suitable for rifle mountings because...
  9. The Appalachian

    Like I Need More Projects......

    Britannia Pewter is also known as modern pewter or lead free pewter. It contains mostly tin, and traces of bismuth and antimony. I suppose you could "call" it fake, compared to the original ancient formula that contained lead, but Britannia formula has been the norm for many many decades. It is...
  10. The Appalachian

    Like I Need More Projects......

    If you can't quantify the suitability of zinc based pewter, which is infact harder and more durable than ancient pewter or modern tableware pewter, then your assessment above is of no use to this conversation.
  11. The Appalachian

    Like I Need More Projects......

    Have you tried the zinc based pewter?
  12. The Appalachian

    Like I Need More Projects......

    No thoughts, interesting..... Guess I'll be a pioneer and giver a try.
  13. The Appalachian

    Like I Need More Projects......

    Been pondering venturing into casting metals, mainly for build rifle furniture. Won't be doing any iron, but brass is a no brainer. Been working with pewter lately, mainly smelting modern non-lead pewter for the tin content to use in bullet casting. Poured nose caps are a given but my question...
  14. The Appalachian

    I saved a plank

    I'll give you a fair price for it if you want to consider selling.
  15. The Appalachian

    Beeswax

    I use it a lot for a lot of things, especially in our fields of interest. One use I love it for is fluxing a lead pot for casting roundballs and boolits. Many ways to flux a lead pot, but being a ladle pourer only, I like to keep the top of the melt clean and dross free. So throughout a 20...
  16. The Appalachian

    Mr Bobby Hoyt

    No, the entire world wide web. There is no safe place, and everything is forever on the 'net......
  17. The Appalachian

    Mr Bobby Hoyt

    Do things as you see fit, but if it were me I would make every effort to talk to the man before posting something like that for the entire world to see. I could speculate, but that's what you're doing without speaking with him first.
  18. The Appalachian

    Mr Bobby Hoyt

    No, it's not......
  19. The Appalachian

    Small Gap .23MM Breech to stock

    This is what I meant above. Just enough clearance on the bolt hole through and through so the bolt(s) don't bind when installed. I think if you relieve the pressure on the bolt that makes it "difficult to install", your issue will go away.
  20. The Appalachian

    Small Gap .23MM Breech to stock

    Whatever is binding your lock bolt inside needs to be relieved. Do that and it likely won't "pull" the barrel forward. I want zero gap on my tang to wood fit, and you surely don't want just a lock bolt taking recoil.
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