Source for Lead?

[jamesthomas]

I consider Tire shop or recycling place Lead "Muzzleloaders Gold", I just picked up 29 more lbs. All told, 55 lbs. of lead cost me $40.00. I made good with the manager by giving him $20.00 instead of the $10.00 that he asked for and paid him another $20.00 to go through 2 more buckets. He told me I could come by anytime I wanted some lead :thumbsup: .

 

[jamesthomas]

Edit, didn't add right, that's 65lbs. for $40.00.

 

[Idaho Ron]

A person can buy wheel weights in ingot form for less than a dollar a pound delivered. Ron

 

[BigBoreBLR]

Be a bit weary of wheel weights.

More wheels are aluminum than steel. Those painted weights with the more squarish corners edges are zinc wheel weights. The zinc weight have more a clink to them when you tap them on something.

For the most part, zinc weights are useless for reloading. Metling point is higher and the density is a good bit less. All zinc is really good for is fishing weights.

I stripped bass fish, so I use 3 to 6oz weights and loose them in rocky parts of the river a lot.

My guess is about 1/3 to 1/2 of the weights in the bucket are zinc.

That .35 cents per lb of wheel weights probably equates to .70 cents per lb of useable lead.

 

[necchi]

 

[jamesthomas]

O.K. I'll let ya'll know a secret. The wheel weights I get are "PURE as can be" lead weights. They are the stick-on type, of which there are several kind, some are a Zinc, Tin, etc. mix, and some are pure lead. I scrounge through and pick out the pure lead ones. Right now I have around 100 lbs. of stick-on lead weights waiting to be melted down into ingots. If you want a sample, PT me and I'll send you a couple of strips.