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    Now THESE are ingots!

    This is a picture of the CCI bullet plant. Does anyone have any ingot moulds I could use to duplicate these ingots?
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    I wonder if they'd ship one gratis?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom W. View Post
    I wonder if they'd ship one gratis?
    Of course!....via USPS flat rate.

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    I promise I would share. I'm 65 and shoot little boolits.
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    Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?

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    Might be a teensie bit too big for the Pro Melt. But I'm willing to try to make it work!

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    I am willing to share also, my son, grandson............

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    I need to take a trip up to CCI for a tour.
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    A `ball park guess` on the weight of one of those?Robert

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    One warning - Don't drop one of THOSE on your foot. That'd smart. Briefly.

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    Reminded me of Fred Flintstone at the drivethru might tip my casting bench over..
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    Now that's impressive....they must be 2K lbs each. I want just one.

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    Ingot mold

    I am guessing that they measure 30"L X 26"W X 14" tall. What do you think they are?

    quote: Does anyone have any ingot moulds I could use to duplicate these ingots?

    How about and old cast iron bathtub?
    Last edited by OldBearHair; 09-19-2018 at 07:46 PM. Reason: additional statement

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    A cubic foot of lead weighs 709 lbs. Those ingots look like 2 ft x 2 ft x 1 foot with some missing around the bottom. So probably close to 3 cubic feet, so they are probably one ton ingots.


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    i would be more than happy to take a few. i will figure out the cutting and melting.

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    Trying not to drool, same as the rest of you folks

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    Quote Originally Posted by OldBearHair View Post
    I am guessing that they measure 30"L X 26"W X 14" tall. What do you think they are?

    quote: Does anyone have any ingot moulds I could use to duplicate these ingots?

    How about and old cast iron bathtub?
    Back in the late 70's there was an old guy building a cold molded sailboat and cast his own lead keel. Built a mold by digging a hole in the ground (for support) then building a form in the hole. Set up an old cast iron bathtub for the lead pot. Built a fire under the bathtub and melted a few hundred thousand bullets worth of lead before pulling the plug on that old tub

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    I was once gifted a cast keel and after cutting it up with a chainsaw, hauling the pieces and turning them into 5# ingots I swore to never accept another "free" large piece of Pb alloy. This was never on my experience bucket-list but I do chalk it up to an experience not to be repeated.
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    Quote Originally Posted by blikseme300 View Post
    I was once gifted a cast keel and after cutting it up with a chainsaw, hauling the pieces and turning them into 5# ingots I swore to never accept another "free" large piece of Pb alloy. This was never on my experience bucket-list but I do chalk it up to an experience not to be repeated.
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    Those aren't Ingots they are Pigs there is a larger size called Sows. LOL

    The Pigs are probably 1,000-1200 lbs. Below is a pallet with 1,000 lbs in 30 lb ingots. Rotometals even paid the shipping!
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    Yeah, those will make you drool! But big lead = big work!

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