Reeder Custom Guns - To melt, or not to melt?

I've been looking for pewter for casting use. Recently found these & I'm wondering if perhaps they are too nice to throw in the pot.

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What do you all think?

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If it is lead Pewter it is probably an antique and should be on a shelf as most art pewter in recent years has actually been aluminum casting posing as pewter. Most Williamsburg cast pewter plates and Goblets is Aluminum as the original in lead tended to poison the users.

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plates and cut them into small squares and melted them down. The bullets I made from them were horrible. Not enough weight to even seal up the chamber on firing and a real waste of time. Plus those statues may well be collectors items. I wouldn't touch them. Leave them to a son or daughter. They might mean something to them rather than wasting them on a melting pot.

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Too nice to alloy lead with.

I kind of like them.

Thanks.

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Typical wheel weights have a hardness of around 11-12. Pewter is 23. Simply adding 1 lb of pewter to 9 lbs of wheel weights can take the hardness up to 14-15. A little pewter goes a long way.

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To melt, or not to melt?

Not a caster. Pewter? Only you can decide.

pewter

DON'T!

Many years ago I found some old pewter

That was from me, not Colleen. For some reason this

You are correct, too nice to melt.

Figured they might be...

Pewter can increase the hardness