Scored 300lbs sheet lead

[GreyWhiskers]

I've been buggin the metal yard for quite a while to find me some sheet lead. They finally called today and said to get over there quick. They GAVE me about 300lbs that came out of an X Ray room. Not sure if they felt sorry for a guy who shoots old guns or if it had something to do with lead being hazardous. Anyway I'm back to making BP projectiles. :thumbsup: GW

 

[JohnnyO]

Care to share the wealth? :haha:

 

[wvbuckbuster]

They didn't want to be caught harming the condors! :grin:

 

[jethro224]

Good score! :thumbsup:

 

[yoda1624]

My rough calculations at .490 each would come out to about 12000 balls. That would last quite a while. :thumbsup:

I have started to make friends with the guys at my local junk yard and am hoping to have similar luck.

Good find, I am jealous.

 

[bwhoffman]

I made friends with my dentist last week, scored 17# of pure xray lead. a small amount,but free just the same!
That sheet lead is mucho good stuff :thumbsup:
I was good friends with a major tire shop manager years back and still have about400# of wheel weight. the smooth bore loves it!

 

[Little Wattsy]

You lucky ******! :rotf: Congrads!!!

 

[GreyWhiskers]

You lucky ******!

Thanks, I think. :hmm: :grin:
My last find of sheet lead lasted about 20 years. Course I wasn't shooting as much as I do now. Blame that on the ML Forum. :thumbsup:
GW

 

[BrownBear]

Yup. Consumption adds up when you're shooting lots.

Right now I'm averaging right at 5 pounds a week. That would make your 300 pounds disappear in a little over a year rather than 20 years. If you're shooting lots, it may be time to give serious thought to recovering and reusing some of it.

 

[buripity]

My wife frequently tells me that if I get the lead out of my ass and I could shoot for 100 years!

 

[GreyWhiskers]

If you're shooting lots, it may be time to give serious thought to recovering and reusing some of it.

Good point. I have an endless supply of wheel weights but pure lead is getting hard to come by. Would be tough to recover bullets shot at the range I go to. I do have a bullet trap that's not too portable. I frequently shoot at Buripity's place and could maybe leave it there.

Wouldn't want to recover the ones he gets from his arse though. :rotf: GW

 

[Birddog6]

I tried getting some lead from the scrap yard about 2 months ago & it was up to $1. a pound & out of my price range. Last week it was down to .70 a #. They tell me at the scrap yard this will go on for a little longer & then the bottom is gonna fall out of it all & things will be back to normal. The way I understand it, it normally goes in 8 year cycles (high & low) and thin past the normal expentancy of the high, so they think it will end soon.

If it goes go down again, I am going to buy a ton of it to add to my cache.

Course, I fully believe that some day my kids or grandkids will have to pay a hazmat to get rid of it, and they will also have to have to dig up my target backstop areas if they ever sell this place because of lead contamination...... :shake:

 

[brubincam]

-----I have a sifter with 1/4 in. holes and sift the lead at a pistol range-this lead works-just a lot of dirt and jackets to skim --but free is free-----

 

[BrownBear]

Yeah, that's the way to go.

I built a trap and sifter that I can carry in one hand described with photos in this thread. If I was shooting on a range that was purely muzzleloading, I'd go ahead and shoot into the backstop and sift daily with my 3' garden screen.

 

[GreyWhiskers]

That durned Buipity made off with over 10 lbs of that lead tonight. It was in the form of .535" roundballs. :thumbsup: I showed him what I know about casting. I think he'd still be out there runnin ball iffin I didn't need to hit the sack. GW

 

[buripity]

And Buripity sure does appreciate it! :grin: It was great to learn another chapter from the "How to Muzzleload" book by Grey Whiskers. :bow: It was a lot of fun. Having a knowledgeable and patient mentor in this sport is key. So if anyone knows where I can find one, let me know. :blah: Just make sure you can find someone who can stay up past 8:00 without getting tired! :blah: :rotf:

 

[GreyWhiskers]

Just make sure you can find someone who can stay up past 8:00 without getting tired! :blah: :rotf:

I need my beauty sleep. GW

 

[Protrucker]

I got a phone call from my youngest brother one night. He asked if I still cast my own balls & when I told him that I do, he told me that he had some lead for me. He was on his way to work that morning & saw a roll on the side of the road. Somebody must have lost it off their truck. He stopped, put it into his SUV & took it home that night. I never weighed it, but the roll is about 5 feet wide & it was a real struggle to pick it up. FREE PURE LEAD........I'll take it any time! Thanks bro! :applause: :haha:

 

[RiverRat]

Ya know Al, you are a mooch at heart!