Finding / obtaining lead for bullet casting

[MikeDVB]

A freind of mine and fellow caster tried a chainsaw once, but it was messy as well.

If I can get the whole keel in my truck bed I can just deal with it at home.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Mapp gas torch and some time.

 

[Hookeye]

Hmmmm, have around 200 to 250 lbs left. Dang if the buckets get heavier, dumped one to count and sep to lesser quantity per. I need a good Bloody Mary to ease my back pain LOL

 

[MikeDVB]

Hmmmm, have around 200 to 250 lbs left. Dang if the buckets get heavier, dumped one to count and sep to lesser quantity per. I need a good Bloody Mary to ease my back pain LOL

Everything gets heavier every year it seems!

I'm hoping this lead keel comes through. If not - I'll still be looking for lead.

 

[Mij]

Any good plumbing supply house sells lead ingots. As stated up thread wheel weights from a junk yard. It cost them labor hours to remove and sell. Ask them sell price if you take them off.

 

[Leadeye]

Everything gets heavier every year it seems!

I'm hoping this lead keel comes through. If not - I'll still be looking for lead.

I looked at getting a keel once, was planning on using a trailer to haul it and a come along to drag it into the trailer. The heaviest single piece of lead I've moved was a large circular counterweight, around 400#. Used a jack to get it vertical and then rolled it into the trailer.

Machined counterweight lead is very hard in my experience, linotype+. It rings when you drop the ingots on concrete.

 

[MikeDVB]

I looked at getting a keel once, was planning on using a trailer to haul it and a come along to drag it into the trailer. The heaviest single piece of lead I've moved was a large circular counterweight, around 400#. Used a jack to get it vertical and then rolled it into the trailer.

Machined counterweight lead is very hard in my experience, linotype+. It rings when you drop the ingots on concrete.

Any harm to it being hard so long as it is properly sized?

I did get a NOE Sizing die with bushings from a few thousandths under to a few thousandths over so I can tune my bullets to the gun if I desire.

I will be coating with hi-tek.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Any harm to it being hard so long as it is properly sized?

I did get a NOE Sizing die with bushings from a few thousandths under to a few thousandths over so I can tune my bullets to the gun if I desire.

I will be coating with hi-tek.

No harm at all. It's still a lead alloy.

 

[Hookeye]

Everything gets heavier every year it seems!

I'm hoping this lead keel comes through. If not - I'll still be looking for lead.

I dunno what alloy my dads old stuff is, don't have a hardness tester. Think it ready to cast as is, isn't pure. Got rid of all the chunks of pure when we cleaned out the garage. Wasn't gonna mess around and sort 13 buckets of wheel weights (filled) either. Cut a guy a heck of a deal.

Even w his help loading it in his truck, my back was tweaked for a couple of days.

 

[MikeDVB]

I looked at getting a keel once, was planning on using a trailer to haul it and a come along to drag it into the trailer. The heaviest single piece of lead I've moved was a large circular counterweight, around 400#. Used a jack to get it vertical and then rolled it into the trailer.

Machined counterweight lead is very hard in my experience, linotype+. It rings when you drop the ingots on concrete.

At the sailing club we've scrapped like 5 derelict sailboats this year and I didn't think to ask for the lead before it was done and gone. D'oh. Looks like one more to scrap - that's where I'm hoping to get some lead from .

Does make me sad to see a sailing vessel torn apart - at some point it was somebody's hopes and dreams.

 

[Lpherr]

My grandfather used to cast sinkers, and he used a hatchet or chisel, along with a hammer.
It worked pretty well, and didn't leave a big mess.

 

[Leadeye]

At the sailing club we've scrapped like 5 derelict sailboats this year and I didn't think to ask for the lead before it was done and gone. D'oh. Looks like one more to scrap - that's where I'm hoping to get some lead from .

Does make me sad to see a sailing vessel torn apart - at some point it was somebody's hopes and dreams.

That sound slike a lot of boats scrapped for Indiana, but I'll be the first to admit I know little about recreational sailing. I always wondered how much boat scrapping goes on in places after hurricanes.

 

[MikeDVB]

That sound slike a lot of boats scrapped for Indiana, but I'll be the first to admit I know little about recreational sailing. I always wondered how much boat scrapping goes on in places after hurricanes.

They’re abandoned boats whose owners refuse to come pick them up / move them / register them. After so long we can scrap them as abandoned.

 

[Onebad06vtx]

Rotometals

 

[Slow Hand]

Lead acid car batteries. Real fun to tear down to get the lead I am told.

Hope this was sarcastic. Lots of warnings against using lead from batteries.

 

[Bugzilla]

Hope this was sarcastic. Lots of warnings against using lead from batteries.

My bad. Forgot the purple.

 

[boatswainsmate]

Craigslist find in Indianapolis today. Old type used for printing checks back in the day.

 

[DadSmith]

Casting Lead from RMR Jacketed Bullet Cores (approximately 10 Brinnel hardness) | RMR Bullets

Please expect about 2 weeks for this item to ship.

www.rmrbullets.com

Found this not sure if it's a decent price or not.
I'll let our bullet casting gurus decide.

 

[Slim400]

Hello!

I’m going down the reloading rabbit hole and I would like to try my hand at casting my own lead bullets.

I have no issues melting and casting it - but honestly I’m not sure where to find it where it’s not expensive to the point to not be worth it.

Most wheel weights these days seem to be zinc / steel.

I’m sure there are sources I’ve not even considered

If you will let me know how much lead you're looking to purchase

 

[Gufnstuf]

Ace hardware carries ingots. Not sure on the price.

Can you only cast your own on the handgun rounds?

What about rifle rounds?


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