The issue with bronze is the scarcity of tin (or the toxicity of arsenic, if one is making arsenical bronze). But yeah, one can just cast bronze much more easi

The issue with bronze is the scarcity of tin (or the toxicity of arsenic, if one is making arsenical bronze). But yeah, one can just cast bronze much more easily than one can cast iron. The melting point of bronze is about 200 to 300 C lower (and 500 C lower than cast steel.)