25 years ago a case of beer on friday at the local tire shop. Once I month I walked out of there with 1-2 five gallon buckets full. Guys in the back wouldn't take the first friday of the month off...
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
25 years ago a case of beer on friday at the local tire shop. Once I month I walked out of there with 1-2 five gallon buckets full. Guys in the back wouldn't take the first friday of the month off...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Couple problems. Cast iron doesn't expand like steel, therefore the steel may crack the cast iron as different expansion rates when heated. So many different kinds of cast iron, some are very good...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I save mine till I get a 5 gal pail. then sell to the recycler or trade him for lead.
Forum: Completed Deals
1. I have 62 mixed head stamp 300 win mag brass and 103 mixed head stamp nickel plated. $65 shipped SOLD
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I have 5 SFB of printing spacers for sale. 12+ lbs per box. $32 per box.
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have lead stored in 55 gal barrels, 30 gal barrels, 5 gal pails, wood boxes, on the floor. Wherever I have space out of the way. I make shot so I have a large accumulation.
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Check out this video of a oasis setup. Making shot is a good hobby.
Forum: Completed Deals
I have 6 SFRB boxes of foundry type letters melted into redneck gold ingots. These ingots have been tested by BNE with the results being 62.8% Lead, 24.3% Antimony, 11.1% Tin, 1.4% copper, and 0.3%...
Biggest problem with making shot is having a constant supply. Mining berms, making friends with scrapyards, tire shops, roofers, house remodelers all take time. Plus online auctions, craigslist,...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have a magma cast master 90 lb pot. I use it for everything. I clean all my wheelweights, range scrap, lino/mono, and make 85 lb lots for shotmaking. Anything bulk. After doing the "dirty...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |