A couple of shooting friends know I'm into bullet casting, and in the last month or so have given me at least 150 pounds of lead, some scrap lead flashing, scuba diving weights, round ingots that weigh at least 20 pounds, even a piece of lead that ballasted a Civil War blockade runner, destined to make Minie Balls for the Confederacy.

To date I have been using wheel weights, this has worked good for pistol and rifle bullets up to 1300 FPS, 1900FPS with a gas check. I'm sure the majority of this stuff is pure lead, where can I find the tin or other metals to make it harder?

Can you cut larger ingots with a circular saw or chop saw without damaging the blade?

Are scuba diving weights pure lead?

Is 70% lead/30% tin a good alloy, close to wheel weights?

I have been using a Coleman Stove and cast iron frying pan to melt wheel weights into one pound ingots, so the the lead and other metals will have to be small enough to fit in a frying pan.

I've got enough lead to last me a long time if I can work it into a usable alloy....

Thnaks for any advice,

Canoeguy