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  1. 09-25-2019, 10:57 PM #1
    WinchesterM1
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    50/50 score!!!!

    I belong to a local small auction site where I get a surprising amount of lead from and this past auction they had a spook of 50/50 solder. It was a upclose picture and it looked like a normal spool, I won the bid for $2.65( it also came with 4 table saw blades that will make nice knives) when I go to pick up my stuff today it was not a small spool of 50/50 but a 50lb spool yes I said that correct FIFTY pounds of 50/50 solder!!! This stuff is 1/4” thick it’s huge!! I think I’m set for a while now!!
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  2. 09-25-2019, 11:33 PM #2
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    Awesome deal! Is this a local or national auction website? I've made two purchases at estate auctions in the past. One had about 250# of ingotized mixed lead and the other was a bucket of older style WW. Then there is the small spools of solder and pewter too. Congrats!
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  3. 09-26-2019, 12:13 AM #3
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    If my math is correct you just got $200 worth of solder for next to nothing! Great job!!!!
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  4. 09-26-2019, 12:15 AM #4
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    Wow, great deal. I've never seen a 50lb spool. Biggest I see are 5lb spools. I got 68lb of sinkers & 7lbs of mixed solder for free today.





    My first purchase of lead was an estate of an old plumber. It was a mix of NOS lead pipe, traps, bar solder, pigs & melting pot ingots. Not realizing how fast the weight added up I figured 600-700lb & gave $145. It turned out to be about double.






    I'm pretty lucky I get a good amount of free lead & solder all totaled I have about $0.15lb invested in alloy including a shipment of super hard from RotoMetals
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  5. 09-26-2019, 03:24 AM #5
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    Shucks, you may have spent more on gas traveling back and forth to get the solder than you actually paid for it! Great deal!
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  6. 09-26-2019, 03:35 AM #6
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    Great. Looks like a couple of sinker molds in there too.


    Don't be too quick to melt down those plumbing drains and the Lead tubing.

    Check around. Marketed properly,
    they might be worth big bucks to someone doing a historically correct, authentic restoration on a old house or antique building.
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  7. 09-26-2019, 09:48 AM #7
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    Thats a killer deal on the solder! Firefighter, thats an impressive looking pile of assorted lead and solder.
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
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