Mining lead

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Ive lived out there for a few months twice but i was a little better shape then now my knees are shot so that makes walking up hills fun to say the least. First time i done it i had nothing but a 22 revolver and a 20 gauge stevens single shot with a full choke that was my grandpa's

What an awesome adventure.

[centershot]

While eating our lunch by a beautiful falls, a pretty young girl came upon us ,lost, and wanted us to put her in the right direction so we pulled out the topo and showed her. She had been backpacking by herself for three months in the wilderness. We mounted our horses and headed in the direction she had just come from and a Grizz crossed the trail just ahead of us. I'm an old combat paratrooper but I am not even that brave.

Thank you for your service!

[jonp]

I tried that....the WW were all Iron and zinc!

I just had a blown semi tire changed at a shop and picked up a handful of 4-6oz COWW from the floor.

[bigdog454]

now I have been told that all new lead comes from CHINA, and that they will no longer export it to the USA.
This could be true, or not.
BD

[farmbif]

who told you that about china no longer exporting. I would expect if that true market price would go through the roof

[dbosman]

There is still plenty of lead in Canada and Mexico. And South America.

[inspector_17]

Until I started sizing and PC my boolits, I mined the lead out of my pistol barrels. LOL

[bigjake]

If you cant find a shooting range to dig for bullets do what I did when I was hard up for lead. First junk yards; do it yourself auto salvage yards. you can pluck your wheel weights and pay min. prices. Second; trap/skeet ranges. try and locate old abandon skeet ranges or ones that are still open. Turkey shoots too. I dug and slused with my garden hose, 100's of lbs of shot.

[Geezer in NH]

Run/ruin 'em with 220 Volts?

Double voltage = instant burn out.

[44magLeo]

Wheel weights are getting scarce everywhere. Most state are outlawing them. A lot of states won't let private citizens buy lead from scrap yards.
I do still find some around at a reasonable price.
I have bought lead online. Buying bulk WW's from some places you get them as they do. not sorted so you pay for a lot of crap.
The Captain sells range lead at a fair price. $1.05 per lb. in 50 lb. lots = $52.50 + $15.05 shipping = $67.55. It's not what you were paying but it's not to bad. These are ingots ready to put in your casting pot.
Leo

[RoGrrr]

If there's a pistol range near you and you can get there when it's closed, walk out to the berm and you'll find a lot of spent slugs lying on the ground.
Go to the thread below and you will find all the info you need to mine and smelt into useable product. It's NOT easy but it IS worthwhile. People rag on me when they see me mining the berm but I shut them down when I explain that I have enough lead to cast 60,000 45 caliber boolits or 120,000 9mm boolits. And if they have to buy them, they will pay somewhere in the neighborhood of $7,000 !
Which I get to shoot for FREE !
THAT shuts them up RIGHT NOW.
Actually, currently my stash NOW I can cast a QUARTER MILLION BOOLITS.
Just sayin'.
And I have a MAGMA BULLETMASTER which will turn out 2200 bullets per hour.
It aint braggin' if you can do it.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...ghlight=186lbs