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If you Goggled Tin (SN) you know that there is only 1 - 10 not 110 , not tin foil or tin on your barn. I would find it hard to believe that any junk yard would have scrap tin but if they do, that would be good. Lead free "Bar solder" is Tin (SN) and Tin (SN) melts at close to the temp of lead if you are not using a thermometer. It will melt in your Lee pot fine. Tin (SN) works great in a Lee Pot and pours very good. the spru is harder to break off. The bad thing about Tin (SN) is the price. I use to buy it for $5 a pound and then all of the sudden everything in metals went sky high.

The test described above by RayburnGuy is a valid engineering test. (Usually referred to as a pull test) It isnt exactly the way it would happen in nature but it gives the engineer a number to work with when designing. Most of the tackle you buy is tested and rated using a similar method. Most of the time it is done with fixtures and a lpull scale but the method described above achieves the same thing. Leaving the weight on for a while also is good because that checks for fatigue over time. Sonny

Just drop a nut or two in your colorant bottle and shake away.

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