Today I got in on moving two very large pieces of lead. Friends had been given these and it was time to move them. We were told that they had been from a seismic machine used for looking for oil. Total weight 7,500 lb. of soft lead.
Ken
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Today I got in on moving two very large pieces of lead. Friends had been given these and it was time to move them. We were told that they had been from a seismic machine used for looking for oil. Total weight 7,500 lb. of soft lead.
Ken
You had to do show the pics. Just joken but would be nice to have but to cut it to use for boolits is another thing.Thank you for showing.
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Why look for oil when you've found gold!!!!! What a haul of nice lead.
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The chunk that has the jagged edge someone has cut some of it with a circular saw but didn't get all that much of the total. Looks like some good chain saw work ahead.
Ken
Last edited by skeet1; 01-16-2015 at 08:32 PM.
A good torch will cut through lead like a hot water jet through ice.
Put a good tip on the torch and start cutting off chunks.
The bases for lots of good shooting there!
Crusty Deary Ol'Coot
I call BS, where's all the snow?
Kidding, nice beautiful hunks of lead there.
Lab
labradigger1
We haven't had any snow yet this year.
Ken
Very nice but I like to think of it as 262500 200 grain boolits. Might be a lifetime supply, na.
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Nice haul. Should last acouple of weeks.
Nice haul. I'd put in in the front yard on edge like a mill wheel. Every now and then I'd take a torch to it. when the neighbors drove by they would think "now what is he up to"?
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That's going to one BIG mold to cast that into a BOOLIT......
Dang, and it was so close to me and I missed it. LOL. Great haul.
From the photos, that thing looks to be about half the height of a 6' tall man, broader, and thicker. Jeez.
Not only is that a lifetime supply all at once, it's definitely not something that will be stolen easily! hahahahah
That is a beautiful sight, big hunk 'O lead
Gonna need a bigger pot.....
I guess the oil business is still good if they can give away well over 5000 dollars worth of metal.
Ole
Just by the look of this lead and where it was, I would say that this lead was from an oil boom from a long time ago.
Ken
one thing I can say is that you do not have to worry about anyone walking in your yard and stealing your lead, if anyone picks up the rounds of lead you are not going to stop them.
A torch may cut it fine but the heat will make it necessary to wear a respirator and also contaminate your clothes and surroundings.
Better to use a saw of some type or chisel..
Nice score though!
Does NOE make howitzer boolit molds? Because 158 gr. at a time is going to take a looong time to work through that chunk!
Scrap.... because all the really pithy and emphatic four letter words were taken and we had to describe this source of casting material somehow so we added an "S" to what non casters and wives call what we collect.
Kind of hard to claim to love America while one is hating half the Americans that disagree with you. One nation indivisible requires work.
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