Originally Posted by Boogsawaste

I have been saving up lead for the past several years when I come across it in the hopes that I was going to take the next step and start casting one day. Well I think that day has come. I am going to PC my bullets as I’m already set up to do so (I had to remove lube from some cast bullets I had that were full of crud and lube falling out and had success coating them). I have a Lee 20lb pot, a few molds (rcbs/lee), ingot mold, and of course lead. Thats the part I’m not so sure about. Do I need a hardness tester to see where I’m at with the lead I have? It’s mostly old blocks and containers from a hospital nucmed dept (the stuff is not radioactive haha). I also have like 30 or so pounds of pulled bullets (others loads I pulled for components). It seems that hardness doesn’t matter as much for revolver loads that are coated however too pure and it won’t fill out the molds properly? Not sure how to start with that part and any help will be appreciated.