Morning temps were in the upper 40's So, considering it still is July I decide to smelt!
I had been sitting on about 90 lbs of "jacketed only" range scrap, along with some stick on wheel weights, a pile of 50/50 solder
Calculated the alloy for a 10 BHN alloy with 2% tin Perfect for wad cutters!
As I started filling the pot I decided the full amount was more than I wanted to tackle at a time; so went back in to the computer and came up with a split ....2/3 & 1/3 and the second batch only varied to 2.03% tin! (Love that Lead Alloy calculator "across the street")
Ended up with 80 lbs of wad cutter alloy
Since setting up to smelt is a bit of a chore...I decide to do a 3rd smelt of Pure Lead 19th Century gas pipe that my buddy Ed donated to my casting efforts (since I cast for him also). He has been in the natural gas business 45 years and always grabbed the old lead gas pipes as they were replaced in Scranton.
Did about 45 lbs of that and decided I hurt enough to stop!
Some photos below: