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Freightman
09-12-2009, 08:14 PM
Went out to the range this afternoon and shot some, when I got there I saw them working with a front end loader in the indoor pistol range. They were replacing the sand in the pit, I have never shot in the range as it is locked except for matches and just never shot in any of there events. Noticed large chunks of "rocks" in the old sand looked and they were nearly pure chunks of lead and sand. Ask the man in charge of the indoor range if I might pick up a few pieces of lead, his answer was " H*** you can have it all as far as I am concerned" I picked up about 1000# and I called my son and he and my granddaughter were picking up when I left.
The good thing about the lead is nothing but cast boolits and 22's are allowed no J-word allowed.
He said that the pile would be there for a long while and any member could pick up what he wanted. I noticed that the top of the chunks three inches deep were almost pure lead the bottom were mixed with sand.
Now I have to find some containers to store the lead in after I wash the sand out.

AJ Peacock
09-12-2009, 08:18 PM
Awesome find, congrats! [smilie=w:

AJ

hammerhead357
09-12-2009, 11:30 PM
Freightman, great find there. I would go back until there wasn't any left if no one else wanted it. I wouldn't take the time to wash the sand out I would just start melting it down and skimming the sand off and then fluxing and skimming until it is clean....Wes

imashooter2
09-13-2009, 12:56 AM
The Mother Lode indeed! I'm with hammerhead though... washing it is a waste of time.

canebreaker
09-13-2009, 01:26 AM
Great find.
I agree with hammerhead too.
I melt range boolits. I get dirt, wood and rock.
It will get out of the way, same as jackets.

UweJ
09-13-2009, 01:56 AM
+ on the above. No need to wash, just smelt,flux and pour.Thatīs the way I got my first 500#.
Really great find,good luck with it.
Uwe

armyrat1970
09-13-2009, 07:24 AM
Wow great run of luck. Get all you can while you can.

qajaq59
09-13-2009, 07:48 AM
I don't wash it. But I do shake it on a screen I have for sifting rocks out of the dirt for the garden. That gets out most of the sand. The wood and jackets are easy to skim off.

Gunslinger
09-13-2009, 08:14 AM
I don't wash it. But I do shake it on a screen I have for sifting rocks out of the dirt for the garden. That gets out most of the sand. The wood and jackets are easy to skim off.


I do the same. My first time working with range lead I used 3 hours hosing down 160lbs and 48 hours drying them on the floor of my parents' bathroom :groner:

Total waste of time....

By the way nice load there indeed!!

clintsfolly
09-13-2009, 08:15 AM
now find a 6-7' scrap of channel iron set up over a fire set it on a little angle lead will run off the sand stays fast and cheap Clint

Freightman
09-13-2009, 09:06 AM
Will go back next week after I build a storage area, if I did it in a bed room I would need no more lead, might need some removed.

Matt_G
09-13-2009, 09:14 AM
Hmmm, Amarillo isn't THAT far for me to drive. Where exactly is this range located? :kidding:

dsmjon
09-13-2009, 09:45 AM
Dang! Good find!

SciFiJim
09-13-2009, 10:54 AM
Will go back next week after I build a storage area
Heck, a pile in the back yard is storage area enough. Get it while you can and melt it at your leisure.

bruce drake
09-13-2009, 06:19 PM
Hey, I appreciate you collecting my lead for me, I forgot I had signed that "exclusive recovery" deal with that club in Amarillo...please forward to my home address (to come via PM later)

Great find and I hope you enjoy the new cache of lead :)

Bruce

No_1
09-13-2009, 06:24 PM
Sorry to have to inform you guys but my ancestors hold "mineral" rights to that land dating back the the 1800's so that means that anything mined from the ground belongs to me! :bigsmyl2:

Robert

ghh3rd
09-14-2009, 05:10 PM
I live in Florida, but wouldn't mind commuting if it's a good club like that one :-)

qajaq59
09-14-2009, 05:26 PM
I liked the, "Put it in the back yard" idea. Hopefully you are a sound sleeper too. Because I wouldn't want to disturb you!!!

No_1
09-14-2009, 05:37 PM
I am in Jacksonville and have a HUGE truck with a good trailer capable of moving 13 - 14 tons of the stuff. We just need to pick up a few 55 gallon drums on the way to load the stash and we will be fat. Come on up and we can split the fuel cost.

Robert

I live in Florida, but wouldn't mind commuting if it's a good club like that one :-)

snaggdit
09-14-2009, 08:46 PM
All you guys are shameless;)

armyrat1970
09-15-2009, 07:31 AM
All you guys are shameless;)

Calling us shameless when you have changed your avatar to little christmas characters. I rathered your painted (or dirty face). We ain't even close to Christmas yet. Now we see how big of a TeddyBear you are.:kidding::smile:

thx997303
09-15-2009, 10:09 AM
Hehe, thems the most foul mouthed christmas characters I ever saw.

South Park, funny stuff.

snaggdit
09-15-2009, 10:27 AM
If you missed the South Park episode, it is when they go hunting. They claim it is ok to shoot ANYTHING ANYTIME as long as you first shout out "Look out! It's coming right for us!".

qajaq59
09-15-2009, 01:33 PM
You guys are too much. :rolleyes:

WILCO
09-15-2009, 01:55 PM
Heck, a pile in the back yard is storage area enough. Get it while you can and melt it at your leisure.


Indeed!!! Great find!