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06-28-2008, 11:00 AM | #16 |
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Hm. I still think it's aluminum. The color seems more like the lighter color of aluminum than lead. And I've personally seen this kind of thing in the aftermath of a car fire. I picked up the cooled blob and it definitely had the weight of aluminum, not lead.
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06-29-2008, 12:34 AM | #17 |
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Headin to CA tomorrow for two weeks for some fire fightin.. wish me luck!
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06-29-2008, 12:36 AM | #18 |
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Wear your fireproof underwear.
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06-29-2008, 11:51 AM | #19 |
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Rock on Bullit!
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06-29-2008, 12:53 PM | #20 |
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I'm pretty sure that is lead, too. I've cast a lot of bullets & it looks too light.
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06-29-2008, 03:58 PM | #21 |
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Too light, Sarge?
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06-29-2008, 04:29 PM | #22 |
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Too light in color unless casting pure, which wouldn't be the case with the impurities associated with an auto fire. That doesn't even take in account the frosting
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06-29-2008, 04:33 PM | #23 |
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So you think it's lead, because it's too light to be aluminum?
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06-30-2008, 01:04 AM | #24 |
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Nope. You have misunderstood. It is aluminum because it is too light in color to be lead.
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06-30-2008, 09:03 AM | #25 | |
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06-30-2008, 09:12 AM | #26 |
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Argghhh. See how the voices in my head make me screw up. LOL
Ok. The cooled molten metal is likely aluminum based upon the color. I cast lead bullets at a 20:1 ratio, and the metal in the picture doesn't look like lead. This is especially true considering the impurities that would be present if it was lead from a battery comingled with other elements. Plus there is no sign of frosting such as would have occurred with the ground/pavement being a different temp. Make sense now? Lord, I hope so. |
06-30-2008, 09:14 AM | #27 |
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Yeah, I thought that's what you meant.
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06-30-2008, 09:36 AM | #28 |
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So hang on, you're saying it's lead, right?
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06-30-2008, 10:13 AM | #29 |
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OMG. I give up.
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06-30-2008, 02:36 PM | #30 |
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We're heading to Big Sur, CA for the Basin Complex Fire. We're not even to Reno yet and already the smoke is limiting visibility to just a few miles.. this is gonna be interesting.
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