Laws on Buying Lead Balls?

[luieb45]

What other equipment do you need? How do you pour the lead into the mould? How do you melt the lead?

 

[paulvallandigham]

Depends on the Pot you use to melt the lead. If its designed with a bottom pour spout, you put the mold up under the spout, and lift a handle to release enough lead to fill the cavity and have a pool of lead on top of the cut-off plate on the top of the mold.

If its an open top pot, then you need a separate "dipper" to scoop up some molten lead and pour it into the mold. The equipment is NOT expensive, and the savings makes it possible for lots of HS and college students to continue shooting on very tight budgets.

 

[Little Wattsy]

What other equipment do you need? How do you pour the lead into the mould? How do you melt the lead?

You CAN go to Goodwill and get any heavy duty steel pot to melt lead in and a gravy spoon to dip and pour with for $5.00 and you are in business. I have pour'd much lead off of the kitchen stove (with good ventilation). OR You CAN buy melting pots and fancy ladels too....Ive done it all and its VERY OK to start cheap.

 

[Lostrifle]

I think they will try to cut off real black powder before the lead.

They've already effectively done it in NJ.

Of course, there's still either going to PA, or ordering it through the mail.
I hate waiting, though. Only costs a half tank of gas(round trip to Dixon's) and 75 cents for the toll. Beats paying the hazmat fee for 1 lb of powder.

 

[luieb45]

I think I've confirmed that it is an Iowa thing. I went to Farm King and we got a box of shotgun shells that were just out in the open able to grab but then I needed a new box or hornady roundballs and they are in a glass safe. The clerk got them out and to be able to check them out they have to put them in a small locked box and you have to carry that all the way to check out. But I remember having to do this same procedure for buying choke tubes for my shotgun. I guess the Iowa laws are just messed up.