lead melting pots recommendation

[Johnny Tremain]

I used a coleman stove for several years. I used a lot of gas.
I bought the #20 Lee and Have been using it ever since.

At a yard sale a few decades ago I found a gasoline roofing smelter from 1936.
Used it once, then restored it for a time when the electricity runs out.
Sits there and looks like this until then.

 

[Dale Lilly]

Years [lotsa years] ago my lead melting pot was a pork and beans can, bent to form a pour spout. I melted lead in that, over a Coleman gasoline camp stove, in my backyard. Very crude, not perfect, but those balls punched holes, killed rabbits and squirrels. Primitive but workable. Polecat Oh yeah, ruined a few of the sweetheart's spoons dipping junk off the hot lead.

 

[Whiteoak15]

I used a coleman stove for several years. I used a lot of gas.
I bought the #20 Lee and Have been using it ever since.

At a yard sale a few decades ago I found a gasoline roofing smelter from 1936.
Used it once, then restored it for a time when the electricity runs out.
Sits there and looks like this until then.
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I had one like that from the 1920's!!! A bit of a beast, but it worked! I like my bottom pour electric these days but it sure was good for cleaning lead!

 

[AlexB]

I have put a few hundred pounds through a lee 4-20 and I like it a lot.
No issues to speak of and definitely makes life easier than hand ladling.

 

[HighUintas]

For you guys that have used the small Lee melter, would a 58 round ball be too big for the small size? It says it holds 4 lbs... That is 100 balls but of course I won't be able to cast that many without refilling the pot