where to find lead
me and a friend are looking to find some lead for casting, hes got a 32 and a 50 and i have a 45 and i was just wondering what are some good places to find lead cheap or free besides scrap yards. anyone have any places you know of that sometimes have lead floating around
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If your dentist hasn't updated his equipment, ask the doctor. He may have saved the little lead foil sheets covering the x-ray films. I think they're pure. Mine saves and gives them to o0nce a year.
I just go on EBay and run a search for lead or soft lead and buy from there. Much simpler than chasing down sources, melting down and cleaning wheel weights (there's about a 25% loss from the clips, dirt, etc.). I'd rather spend my time casting the bullets.0 -
Go to your local {elsewhere} and put in an add asking for lead. Offer to pay for it if you have to. Depends on where you are and if anyone else is offering to buy.
Raw lead is worth less then a buck on the open market right now. Stocks are up and used lead is down. I buy batteries for recycling and prices are down.
Scrap soft lead is maybe worth 50 cents a pound now. The local scrap yard asks way too much for lead. The only time I asked they wanted like $4 a pound.
Wheel weights are about 40 cents a pound.
I guess they do not like craig at his list. Insert that for elsewhere in the top of my post.0 -
Roofers throw away tons of pure lead every day.
Well, . . . Not me. [:D]
I cast all my bullets from roof plumbing vents. Every roof I change, I change the lead vents.0 -
quote:Originally posted by DBMJR1
Roofers throw away tons of pure lead every day.
Well, . . . Not me. [:D]
I cast all my bullets from roof plumbing vents. Every roof I change, I change the lead vents.
Construction people toss lots of stuff away every day. Best or worst I ever saw was brand new never used air handlers in a multi story hi-rise because the engineer specked the wrong units. The wrong ones were hung and never used. When removed the union workers dumped them in a dumpster.
Some day we will pay for our stupid ways, if we are not paying already.0 -
When the local Air Aational Guard switched from F-16s to KC-135s, they had literally stacks of lead to get rid of. They used the lead to balance the air frame when they pulled the engines out of the F-16s to work on them.. They were 1/4" X 18" X 18" Sheets. I was able to get all I wanted. Wre had over two tons of the stuff. A couple years ago we hauled a ton of it to the salvage yard because the scrap prices were so high. 0 -
A real good souce for cheap and quality lead is Roto Metal.com Or phone 1-800-779-1102. Been using them for years. I shoot black powder cap and ball weapons. Now with that said good luck in your quest. 0
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