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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2633725" data-attributes="member: 15054">I premelt my wheel weights with clips and make ingots. (hard)Then the soft stick on weights and flashing or other soft lead gets to become ingots.(soft)I will add 2/3 soft and 1/3 hard for my 45acp and 50-50 mix for slow 357 and so on and so on.I melt the ingots in my lee pot and stir with a stainless spoon.. flux with sawdust or wax.You know though i have not noticed any difference if i flux or not.. as i stir the mix  every few minutes with the spoon.I use the bottom pour from the pot..I used to pour straight from the stainless pot i had on the stove top into the mold.I will add some Tin or lead shot if i have a mold that does not fill out or if i want the bullets harder.I water quench .. I have towel dropped them and water quenched not much difference if you let them cure out.But the ones on the towel will get dink marks  sometimes...dropping bullets on top of bullets.So i like a bucket of cold water with a towel on the bottom.I have done round balls in hard and in soft the hard will go deep into an oak tree and not be deformed much.</blockquote>