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    Smelting

    Got 300lbs from the recycler last weekend, got it all smelted today and put away. With what I already had I'm now fixed till next winter. I refuse to smelt when it's hot.
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    What did they charge you for 300 lbs of lead from the recyler???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bzcraig View Post
    I refuse to smelt when it's hot.
    Yeah, I sort of thought I'd do the same, as I hate hot weather - but I just spent a couple of hours at the range (closed for shooting) and came back with 140 lbs of scrap. When I get the right sort of day (even though it's Summer here) I just know I'm going to melt it down.

    I'm just not going to be able to leave it alone, knowing it's waiting there for me .

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    Summer is not the time to smelt here...get all mine done by May. I can cast here when it's hot but only in the am with the doors open and all the fans on.
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    Don't panic over the lead Nyrstar is still in business and located in Tenn and Fla
    Are my kids/grandkids more important than "o"'s kids, to me they are,darn tooting they are!!! They deserve the same armed protection afforded "o"'s kids.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AlaskanGuy View Post
    What did they charge you for 300 lbs of lead from the recyler???
    177 of pure/near pure and 111 of WW was $160. They let me hand pick my WW so I get no zinc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by w5pv View Post
    Don't panic over the lead Nyrstar is still in business and located in Tenn and Fla
    I've seen you mention this in other places but my search only shows them doing zinc in the US. Do you have a link to other info?
    "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same......." - Ronald Reagan

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