Cheap Lead Wire Source

[IllinoisCoyoteHunter]

I recently picked up some lead wire from Nick over at Nielson Specialty Ammo (NSA). His price is great at $3.31 per pound (for 25 pounds) shipped on a spool (50 pound spools run about $2.97/pound shipped). It is top quality wire for all your swaging needs. He has wire ranging in size from .166 to .470.

I figured I’d share this because I never did like paying over $5.50 per pound from Corbin.

[tiger762]

That's not bad. On par with Hawk Bullets, 45 pounds on a spool for $135 + $15 for S/H

[IllinoisCoyoteHunter]

Hawk Bullet’s price is actually for 40 pounds and it’s $135 + $17 for shipping.

[lup]

Thank you. There is always a need for more vendor sources.

[IllinoisCoyoteHunter]

No problem! Nick is an awesome guy to deal with.

[rolltide999]

Seafab Metals in Casa Grande, AZ. Will make wire any size you order. I get it on 25lb spools for $2.87 per pound. I pick it up since they are only about an hour away. Just bought 400lb, 100lb each in 4 different sizes.

[FMF Doc]

You guys are killing me with these prices!
I can get lead wire (.994 Pb) in Germany, but it runs 55-65 Euros for 11 pounds (5 kilos), depending on wire diameter.
Still worth doing, though. Glad to find other swagers here online!

[Der Gebirgsjager]

A first post! Welcome aboard, Doc. The Castboolits Form is a good place to be.

DG

[ebb]

Could the cores be cast instead of buying wire and cutting and pointing it?

[IllinoisCoyoteHunter]

Yes. People do it all the time. Casting cores is extremely common. Some guys don’t want to mess with hot lead. Just use soft lead.

[ebb]

Thanks, very much I do not know about casting and swaging bullets. I visit Accurate Shooter, and there are many bench rest shooters, many buy already made cores from a guy named Charlie Hood. He says when he seats his core on his own bullets his wife does a better job than he does, he says she has a better feel for it than he.

[Bill M]

Years ago, I met a machinest/bench rest shooter who made his own jacketed 22 cal bullets using 22 rimfire brass. He of course made everything, but he got his lead core by pouring onto a thick steel block he had milled grooves in, and after cooling overnight, he sheared the excess with another steel block!
He helped me get the job finished I was working on, so the next trip to that town, I took him 100# of pure lead I had cast into 1# ingots.