Casting

[stilly]

A tip for getting lead from tire shops. More than once I have had to buy a new set of tires. Now only work with the manager or owner of the tire shop when buying the tires. at the point of agreeing to the purchase I have said. I'll will take the tires if you toss in some scrap lead wheel weights. This more than once has got me 3/4th of a 5 gallon bucket of free wheel weights. This is getting harder to do in CA however who says you need to buy your tires in CA.

THAT is good to know.

I will try that.

MY belief that it might have been a federal thing (found it hard to believe, I just parroted what the guy at the tire shop told ME that he believed it was) because that was what I was told. I REALLY hope I am wrong and I could very well be wrong. THAT is one thing that I would LOVE to be wrong about.

[BigBronco]

The issue with wheel weights and tire shops if now they have to pay for the removal if old lead weights by a Hazardous Co. Since there is no proof they actually have any some small shops prefer to sell them than have to pay to get them taken away. At least that is what the last place I go some told me.

[Whiterabbit]

I buy online for a buck a pound for slack lead then sweeten with typemetal I try to get at 2.25 or 2.50 a lb. Makes hardball cheap enough but well controlled and uniform in performance.

[ArmedCMT]

I found someone with a bunch of scrap lead and processed it into ingots for him in exchange for some.

[CGT80]

I get my lead from other shooters. Can you believe that they just leave their used bullets laying in the dirt? I picked up two big coffee cans of used bullets yesterday, after shooting a lever action competition. I managed to come in at 5th place out of about 22 people, using my own cast 30 cal 180 grain plain base boolits. That made me quite happy considering it was only my second time competing with a short,open sighted rifle and using loads I wasn't sure were quite up to par. Casting can be very rewarding. I get to turn all those dirty j words into precious silver projectiles.

Castboolits would be my pick, if I was to buy lead. For tin or antimony rich alloy, I use Rotometals.

[hanover67]

I bought some range scrap a while ago from a guy who knew a guy who works at a rifle range. I paid $80 for 120lbs in 2 plastic buckets. So far I've processed about half of it and got 40lbs of resulting lead. But, there is a lot of dirt, bullet jackets and crap to separate out. I have no idea what the hardness is. When I melt it in my pot, I usually add a 6-inch piece of 50/50 lead/tin solder wire. Bullets fill out nicely in my molds and i don't get any leading in my gun barrels.

[Pablo5959]

Giving up info about a lead source would be like telling someone about your best fishing hole.
Let it be known to the people you know your looking for lead. You may have a surprise coming your way. I have gotten about 350LBs this way

[bruce381]

cast boolits guys will be striaght with you as to alloy they sell best around

[Kappy]

Consider... Go to an indoor range and see if they'll sell? I'm going to check mine this week.


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[Germz]

I "mine" my lead from outdoor ranges, then smelt it down. according to another calgunner here, he tested it for the BHN and the outdoor range scrap i mine comes out to about a 14.