Is lead getting less available suddenly?

[dragon813gt]

My supplier (OG KELLY) is closing down.
Too much red tape.
Glad I am sitting on 4500 #s still

Well that sucks. Looks like I need to order a ton if I still can.

[HATCH]

Well, that was over a month ago and it was too late then. Good luck


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[maxreloader]

If you are near a coast... watch craigslist for old sailboats that people dont want... there are plenty. its a lot of work but after 2 or 3 you are all set... you and your buddies. i still have a keel that somebody is using as ballast for their dozer to drag cordwood through their swamp while its frozen. With a chainsaw... a little keel, goes a long way.

[dragon813gt]

Well, that was over a month ago and it was too late then. Good luck


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Rotometals is still an option. But at a much greater cost, for me anyway. Just shy of $2 a pound shipped to my house. The cost to have it shipped to a freight terminal, where I have to pick it up, isn't low enough to have it shipped that way. I'm sure I could call them and have them mix the exact alloy I want instead of choosing one that isn't exact. Looks like it's time to find another foundry on the east coast.

OG Kelly is owned by a much larger company. I wonder if they're the ones that shut down small orders.

[Littleton Shot Maker]

I have been doing business with these folks since 1987, never go any where else, and I don't have time to deal with the jerks at our local scrap yards and I get 0 waste and Cert. with every load of lead telling me what in the alloy . 7 point test I think...

SEAFAB metals, Casa Grande Az. 800-426-7082
they have pure and 6/2 Hard cast bullets lead- mix 50-50 or 60-40 ( hard to soft) makes for great shot...

[gtgeorge]

Rotometals is still an option. But at a much greater cost, for me anyway. Just shy of $2 a pound shipped to my house. The cost to have it shipped to a freight terminal, where I have to pick it up, isn't low enough to have it shipped that way. I'm sure I could call them and have them mix the exact alloy I want instead of choosing one that isn't exact. Looks like it's time to find another foundry on the east coast.

OG Kelly is owned by a much larger company. I wonder if they're the ones that shut down small orders.

OG Kelly was a family business and he suffered health issues causing him to close down and auction his equipment off. I had them mixing lead for me for years and was sorry to see him close. I may never find someone to do custom mixes so cheap ever again <sniff>

[HATCH]

I wonder if they're the ones that shut down small orders.

my smallest order was a ton.
My largest was 2.5 tons

[dragon813gt]

my smallest order was a ton.
My largest was 2.5 tons

That's still quite small. For a caster it's a lot. But for a business that would be tiny. Regardless it sucks to see them shut down.

[Survival Bill]

lead is getting so scarce even the fishing stores are running out of lead fishing weights.
fishing weight makers are even trying to find zinc instead of lead even thats scarce here.

[dragon813gt]

Where is here?

[Tenbender]

My local scrap yard always has Xray lead.