I melted down about 5 5 gallon buckets of ww this weekend. Compared to my last batch of ww smelted 15 years ago- well- times they are a changin'! Used to I have about 30% waste out of a 5 gallon bucket. Now I am only getting about 30% return. Glad these were given to me otherwise they would not have been a good deal.
Out of the return I made 2 different batches of 50/50 ww/Pb for general use with some tin solder thrown in. I also made a 40 lb ww/25 lb batch of tin sweetened alloy for HP rifle.
Glad that task is over so I can get down to business
