"How many boolits . . .?"

[JohnSmiles]

I have seen this asked here before, and did a little math today to answer the recurring question of 'how many x grain boolits from a .lb of lead?'
(idle hands and all that . . )
[smilie=1:
Here it is broken down by boolit weight.
I started with 50 grains and went all the way up to 1500 just for the sake of sluggers.

Boolit Weight in grains - # of complete boolits from one .lb of lead.
50---------------------------140
60---------------------------116
70---------------------------100
80---------------------------87
90---------------------------77
100-------------------------70
110-------------------------63
120-------------------------58
130-------------------------53
140-------------------------50
150-------------------------46
160-------------------------43
170-------------------------41
180-------------------------38
190-------------------------36
200-------------------------35
225-------------------------31
250-------------------------28
275-------------------------25
300-------------------------23
325-------------------------21
350-------------------------20
375-------------------------18
400-------------------------17
425-------------------------16
450-------------------------15
475-------------------------14
500-------------------------14
550-------------------------12
600-------------------------11
650-------------------------10
700-------------------------10
750-------------------------9
800-------------------------8
850-------------------------8
900-------------------------7
1000-----------------------7
1100-----------------------6
1200-----------------------5
1300-----------------------5
1400-----------------------5
1500-----------------------4

And it doesn't matter what allow you are using, as we are going by the actual weight of the bullet as cast.
:castmine:
John

[racepres]

I have always been told that there are 7000 grains in a pound!!! So I assume [I love that word] You ain't counting "Partial fill boolits"... MV
Good job BTW!!!!

[JohnSmiles]

I have always been told that there are 7000 grains in a pound!!! So I assume [I love that word] You ain't counting "Partial fill boolits"... MV
Good job BTW!!!!

Nope, just the complete fill boolits.
And tyvm!

[Duckdog]

You're right on with the numbers I just ran the other night to help me decide what the price per 100 is at various price per pound ratios.

I used 7000 grains per pound and did it for clean lead and wheel weights with a 160 pound uncleaned and a 130 pound cleaned ratio for the uncleaned prices. (30 # of clips per 160 pounds of ingots)

I did this because it is gettin' very hard to get WW from the tire shops where I am at. Just tonight, I called about 8-9 salvage yards and the best I could do was .60 cents a pound for WW. I almost forgot.. one was at .50 a pound, but I swear I was talking to the member's of the Deliverence movie. I think I'll pass. One of the major salvage yard was at... .90 per pound, and he said it's going to get worse.

Sounds high, but at .60 cents a pound for uncleaned WW, that would make the cost for 100 - 180 grain bullets about $2.00. I sure can't buy 'em for that, so I may bite the bullet and get a bunch.

I think the "charts" I did will help me decide whether to buy at a certain price or not. If anyone is interested, I'll try to post them.

[bearcove]

Don't forget your smelting costs. Propane is getting pricey too.

[Duckdog]

Right you are! I think the days of the freebie buckets are done for my area. Heck, the $20-$30 dollar buckets are done!

I'll have to start hittin' up some of my plumber buddies for lead pipe, assuming they don't already have a deal going with someone else.

My brother puts on a lot of miles and goes through a lot of small towns, so I'll have to see if he can hit up some of the out of the way tire shops for me.

IMO, I have no problem paying a fair price, as long as some working guy makes an honest living off of it. I have a feeling the scrap yards by me are paying about .40 per pound for WW, so at .60 per pounjd, I kind of figure they have bills to pay, too. But when I heard .90 a pound for WW, I bet he could hear my jaw hit the table.