where to buy Lead?
- Thread starter mrq5daw
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A little far for me to meet with you
Well, if ever you are in the area, let me know.
blacksmithden
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ask your local range if u can mine there back stop once a month
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I know where he is pats, and that isn't going to happen, trust me....I tried. The only club thats close is Burlington, and they have a company come in and clean out the bullet trap every now and again. The company writes the club a cheque for the scrap weight, and that's that.
I did a big wheel weight melt when I was living in Oakville in the back parking lot of my employer. Is this possibly an option for you ? If so, and if you want to save yourself some time and gas....look up metal recycling in Mississauga. There's a place just east of Dixie Rd on the north side of the 401 that will sell wheel weights to you. They had all kinds of lead there, but the problem is, you don't know what you're getting. There were a lot of tempting blocks and chunks there. I caved and bought a few at $0.50/lb...sure enough, the stuff was too soft. I'm glad I didn't sink all my money into them. Anyway, the wheel weights worked out fine. The softer stuff I use for shotgun slugs.
Glad you mentioned that, as I was just about to post about picking up an order....I called Alchemycastings earlier this year and asked if there is a price reduction for pick up.....Yes, said the rather pleasant fellow....For example: 25lbs of Musket Lead, delivered, would cost about $130...If I were to pick it up, he said I would be charged about $65....Half price....That`s just fine with me...
Look for a battery recycler in your area. They reclaim the lead from the batteries and cast ingots.
I have a local place that does exactly that. 99.9% pure for a buck a pound. Not the cheapest but they are less than a km from my house. It was the best deal I could find for no effort involved. As a bonus I got rid of three dead batteries
I have a local place that does exactly that. 99.9% pure for a buck a pound. Not the cheapest but they are less than a km from my house. It was the best deal I could find for no effort involved. As a bonus I got rid of three dead batteries
what did you got lead cast or the lead flashing and if you don't mind me asking how much did you pay..thanks
I bought a bunch of their cast 1lb bars, mostly the 99.9% lead, but a few of the 95/5 sn/sb 1 lb bars to use for alloying.
I paid approximately 2.65$/lb for the lead, and considerably more for the tin/antimony.
The larger muffin sized ones were tempting (as they were a bit cheaper), however they were slightly too large to fit into my pot.
What I liked about going this route is that I know exactly what the composition of the resulting alloy is.
Cheers,
Brobee
I paid approximately 2.65$/lb for the lead, and considerably more for the tin/antimony.
The larger muffin sized ones were tempting (as they were a bit cheaper), however they were slightly too large to fit into my pot.
What I liked about going this route is that I know exactly what the composition of the resulting alloy is.
Cheers,
Brobee
All the tire shops around here are re-balancing with steel or zinc weights so the lead weights are either still on the tires or there might be the odd bucket of old lead squirreled away in the back. A buck a pound will probably be the new norm from the scrap yards and it will most likely be softer than the wheel weight composition. Hoard your linotype
i called my local scrap yard the other day and the going rate to purchase scrap lead from them is $0.50/lb for mixed alloy lead (they do not separate the different alloys) and $0.35 for pure tin
paying nearly $3.00 a pound for lead is rediculous you can buy sized and lubed bullets for that much even at $2.65/lb that comes out to $85 per thousand for a 230grn bullet i can buy em for $75/thousand sized and lubed
(yes i know the cost per thousand goes down if you are casting small weight bullets)
why anyone would cast bullets that will cost them more than buying them is a mystery to me. most people i know cast to save $$$ not spend more
this is not any sort of rant just an observation
paying nearly $3.00 a pound for lead is rediculous you can buy sized and lubed bullets for that much even at $2.65/lb that comes out to $85 per thousand for a 230grn bullet i can buy em for $75/thousand sized and lubed
(yes i know the cost per thousand goes down if you are casting small weight bullets)
why anyone would cast bullets that will cost them more than buying them is a mystery to me. most people i know cast to save $$$ not spend more
this is not any sort of rant just an observation
Seemed relatively reasonable to me given that:
- I am loading for several antique springfield trapdoors with oversized bores in varying degrees
- I am casting 405gr 459cal hollow-base slugs that I want to be soft enough to obturate on firing but be slightly harder than pure lead
- I made a 30 minute round trip by vehicle and was stocking my pot soon after...no other hassles
- I avoided the big-backyard sorting/ingot casting exercise
- I know with about as much certainty is reasonably possible (ie: I don't have an SEM handy in the shop to do elemental analysis...but I do have mill certs on the materials I bought) what is going into my pot...I can target very specific alloys with good certainty.
- I should have repeatable consistency so long as I can find my notes from last time
- I am very happy with the results so far!
To each their own I guess...
Brobee
yup
the way i work my setup is to melt down the scrap i get and while i am waiting i cast bullets from ingots i previously made
i recently came across a source of free pure lead so i will have to purchase some scrap tin and possibly some antimony
I would like to thank you all for your good advices and help specially those people PM me and to the nice guy gave me 20 lbs of lead ingots for free, yes you! you know who you are, I hope you enjoyed the cake and wine.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!
Mabuhay CGN!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!
Mabuhay CGN!
blaser.306
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Never mind the lead ! If you can get pure tin for .35 cents a pound you have a gold mine ( or should I say I will buy 50 lbs from you) @ .50 c a lb , The going rate for pure tin for casting is around $14.00 a lb!!! Buy all you can and run with it . But send me a pm before it is all gone !
