I am getting low on lead shot #5s. What I would like to offer is lead ingots (from cable sheathing), 50 pounds for 25 pounds bags of shot. I could trade at least 200 pounds this way. Let me know if you are interested. I have the pencils I can give any idea on the hardness if it matters. It seems like locally, no one sells anything bigger than 6s and usually you can only find 7.5s and 8s...trap size....guessing few around load their own hunting loads any longer. I may have some 7.5s or 6s that I could also trade for #5s, 1 for 1. Thanks.
I cut out any splices from the sheathing and melted those seperately. I was thinking these should be close to pure. With my drawing pencils, they seem to be 9bhn...4B will not scratch but 3B will. These ingots are cast from Lyman's ingot molds.