Buying scrap lead question ...

[IanH]

Make friends with the local Redneck Underground, you know, the tradesmen that can be found at bars every Friday night. They know people who know people, cash or beer goes a long way, or trade stuff. Roofers, plumbers, and scrap dealers are the places to go for soft lead these days and if you put your feelers out and build a reputation as "that guy who pays for lead" you will be surprised how much stuff starts showing up.

 

[leadhoarder]

Make friends with the local Redneck Underground, you know, the tradesmen that can be found at bars every Friday night. They know people who know people, cash or beer goes a long way, or trade stuff. Roofers, plumbers, and scrap dealers are the places to go for soft lead these days and if you put your feelers out and build a reputation as "that guy who pays for lead" you will be surprised how much stuff starts showing up.

You used to be able to get a lot of lead in trade for a case of bud light but I doubt you could get some zinc wheelweights for a case these days.

 

[Timber Wolf]

Make friends with the local Redneck Underground, you know, the tradesmen that can be found at bars every Friday night. They know people who know people, cash or beer goes a long way, or trade stuff. Roofers, plumbers, and scrap dealers are the places to go for soft lead these days and if you put your feelers out and build a reputation as "that guy who pays for lead" you will be surprised how much stuff starts showing up.

That would be the Mexican Underground around here. And I have never paid more than a bag of ice and 12 pack of Pepsi for lead.

 

[64Springer]

That would be the Mexican Underground around here. And I have never paid more than a bag of ice and 12 pack of Pepsi for lead.

Exactly.

A dozen donuts or two and you're in like Flint.

 

[IanH]

"Redneck" knows no boundaries of race or nationality.

 

[Warren whitley]

I have 150 pounds of sailboat ballast in 50 pound blocks.

100 pounds was pure lead.

50 pounds had 4.5% antimony. Add 5% tin and you get Lyman #2ish.

Roto-Metals will test your lead for 50 bucks last time I checked. And provide a report.

The pencil method is a lot cheaper I get my lead from a hospital I used to work at here in middle tenn.

 

[Warren whitley]

You used to be able to get a lot of lead in trade for a case of bud light but I doubt you could get some zinc wheelweights for a case these days.

I'll just stick to my home made Muscatine wine!

 

[Warren whitley]

Damn spell check!

 

[Snydly]

I agree the muffin pan ingots are attractive conveniently sized and all but they don't fit too well in the Lee melting pot.

I have 3 Lee pots. My muffin ingots all fit in my pots..no problems at all. 1 at a time.

 

[IanH]

Muscadine?

I use mustang, very acidic though.

 

[Eutycus]

I have 3 Lee pots. My muffin ingots all fit in my pots..no problems at all. 1 at a time.

I must have used the pan for the extra large muffins.j

 

[Rob M.]

Make friends with the local Redneck Underground, you know, the tradesmen that can be found at bars every Friday night. They know people who know people, cash or beer goes a long way, or trade stuff. Roofers, plumbers, and scrap dealers are the places to go for soft lead these days and if you put your feelers out and build a reputation as "that guy who pays for lead" you will be surprised how much stuff starts showing up.

LOL ... Oh yeah , they are my people . Was just wonder some different avenues for getting lead . I like to hoard lead and such . I ask folks from.time time . Once I was at a backwoods bar called Jimbos and I asked a fella about lead , boy , was my timing right on . He told me about a truck be very turning and it was full on f lead ingots . Three foot long ingots !! He had the ones he picked up n the back of his truck and he gave me two of them ! I still have one , and that was in the late 90s. Big sucker !

 

[morehops52]

I've watched a fellow melt a 5 gal bucket of wheel weights. The time and effort he took to make 5 lb ingots is more than I am willing to do. Now I suppose that it makes sense if you are shooting 1000's of rounds a year and I know many of you are. I only shoot several 100 a year so I just buy 1 lb ingots from Rotometals. Yes, I pay more than the cost of scrap but I eliminate a huge step in the process. I can spend less total time in bullet casting. Also the 1 lb ingots are much easier to deal with in a average size casting pot. I've tried breaking down larger ingots to pot sized pieces and once was enough for me.