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Keep your eyes peeled if you want to buy some local. Watch Craigslist, Cast Boolits and NWFA.Where does everyone get their lead? I bought some off a buddy who got it from a buddy. I have only done a few hundred rounds but not sure where to get more
Thanks appreciate itKeep your eyes peeled if you want to buy some local. Watch Craigslist, Cast Boolits and NWFA.
Get to know people in the business who specialize in gun gear from estates.
Check gunshows like Albany or Rickreal.
Call scrap metal places.
Rotometals if you must buy retail.
Gone are the days of wheel weights.
Lots of X-ray rooms have already been remodeled.
Ready to use? Cast as ingots? Is it pure lead and needs to be alloyed before making boolets? I'd be interested in some, prob not 1000# though..I have some lead for sale $1.50 a pound all processed and ready to use and will be picking up another 1,000 pounds in two weeks.
I keep my eyes open at estate sales for old scuba weights. The pouch weighs filled with lead shot are good, hard lead, but even the pillow blocks and vinyl coated weights are good. Getting the vinyl off is a pain. Unless it's free, I ignore fishing weights. The lead is generally pretty soft and occasionally has some weird alloys.Where does everyone get their lead? I bought some off a buddy who got it from a buddy. I have only done a few hundred rounds but not sure where to get more
I found a kid selling found lead anchors for $.75/lb not too long ago.. bought what he had and he'd let me know when he had more for quite a few years.I've gotten too old to dive and too fat for my wet suit, so I've been melting down my old diving weights.
I dig mine out of a berm with a sifting shovel.Where does everyone get their lead? I bought some off a buddy who got it from a buddy. I have only done a few hundred rounds but not sure where to get more
About the only good thing working for Les Schwab lots of years ago was the wheel weights were still lead. Last time I checked there were still a "few" buckets left out in the shop. I started casting over 20 years ago, water quenched, Lee Liquid Alox (mule snot), and loaded as cast. Now, if I cast which is rarely, I powder coat using the shake and bake method.Where does everyone get their lead? I bought some off a buddy who got it from a buddy. I have only done a few hundred rounds but not sure where to get more