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If you melt lead in anything other than an electrically heated pot made by Lyman, Lee, etc., remember one thing.
NEVER USE ALUMINUM!
The concentrated heat and ability of lead to leach the aluminum can cause the bottom of an aluminum pot to simply drop out unexpectedly.
Always use a cast iron pot.
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Now I'm really curious. I haven't been casting long but I've been reloading for about 30yrs. I use a very heavy alluminum pot to melt wheel weights and other lead to pour into my ingot moulds. The pot I use is cast alluminum just less than a 1/4" thick and I've cast around 10,000 bullets so far. Are you telling me that the bottom is getting ready to fall out of my pot??? I find that real hard to swallow. How about a link to support you statement? I'm not disputing your word, I'm just from the ShowMe State.