I have gotten my lead from three sources so far. Amazon, Buffalo Arms, and my dad.
Dad had some bilge weight lead of unknown hardness that I mixed in with some Lyman #2. Seemed to work fine.
Amazon had some Lyman #2 for $25 for 5lbs and free shipping. So $5 a pound.
Buffalo Arms sells Lyman #2 for $2.77 a lb and shipping for 7 lbs is $18.39 (I live 80 miles from them). So after shipping, their cost per pound is $5.40.
But, if I double my order to 14 lbs (only sell it in 7lb increments) then the shipping stays the same and the per pound cost drops to $4.08 a pound.
At that rate, it costs me about $.15 per boolit.
I can buy cast boolits cheaper than that, or close to it. That's based on a 250gr .45 Colt boolit.
There's got to be a cheaper source for lead, right?