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Old 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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Old 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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Old 06-29-2008, 12:36 AM   #18
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Old 06-29-2008, 11:51 AM   #19
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Old 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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Old 06-29-2008, 03:58 PM   #21
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Too light, Sarge?
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 06-30-2008, 09:03 AM   #25
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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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Nope. You have misunderstood. It is aluminum because it is too light in color to be lead.
Oh, OK.
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Old 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.
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Old 06-30-2008, 09:14 AM   #27
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Yeah, I thought that's what you meant.
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Old 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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Old 06-30-2008, 10:13 AM   #29
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OMG. I give up.
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Old 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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