what's your "stash" weigh......

[Chapped Lips]

i'm really new at this so if this has been discussed before....my apologies.
i have started accumulating WW's and have only around 600lbs so far.....time to do the smelting part.....
my ques is....how much smelted lead do each of you personally have?.....1000lbs of ingots.....a ton?....
ignoring how much one shoots....what's the minimum (weight-wise) that you like to keep stacked?......

[sargenv]

I wish I could answer that question.. I had to turn down some WW's today due to the lack of storage problem I have right now and also the lack of extra funds too.. Let's just say I have enough for a few seasons of competition and leave it at that

600# of raw WW will get you at least 450 # of ingots and maybe a bit more if you have large WW's. If you have the smaller ones, you may get more waste in the form of the steel clips but 75% is a pretty good idea for your yield.. Also ppl here save all that to sell as scrap metal to recyclers.. If you have zinc weights, save those for people who may use them as sinkers or cannon balls.. likely you will find someone on here that will take em.. You may also want to ask your scrap dealer what price they pay for them.

[casterofboolits]

More than a ton, less than two tons.

[hoosierlogger]

Id guess I have 1600 Lbs in 1 Lb ingots, and 3 5 Gallon buckets to smelt.

[Bill*]

Prob'ly have about 4-5 hundred pounds....would like twice that at least

[Charlie Two Tracks]

I just started collecting lead. I have 63# of sorted wheel weights. I know it ain't much but I will have to keep my eye out for some. This was free. If I have to, I will buy some but not yet.

[Coffeecup]

My stash has been sadly depleted over the past few years while I've worked my way through grad school. I expect to move next year, and will have at least a ton before moving.

[another gsxr 1k]

New to boolit casting but have cast sinkers on and off for awhile. Have about 3,000 230G .45s cast and waiting.
Probably have about 75 lbs in ingot form. Only steady source is work and that's hit or miss now. Just got a hook up with a member of another forum that I frequent that is an x-ray machine repair tech. He runs across stuff semi regularly and he is gonna collect for me in his travels.

[BruceB]

My angst starts kicking-in when I have "less than"....

-less than 1000 pounds of alloy

-less than 20,000 primers

-less than about 75 pounds of powder....

I TRY to stay above those levels, but it seems that my shooting habits tend to deplete my pack-rat supplies. What to do????

[Muddy Creek Sam]

Had over a ton, but just sold off 19 boxes to pay property taxes, So started collecting again today.

Sam

[Edubya]

Never enough.
I'm pretty much like Bruce but if I don't have a few thousand boolits in each caliber already cast I'll lose sleep over it too.
EW

[Lead Fred]

50lbs of line, 50 lbs of WW

and a pair of WW pliers from Harbor Freight

[melloairman]

1000 pounds or more of ingots . 400 pounds of pure sheet lead rold up And 400 plus pounds of range lead needing to be melted down .Marvin

[imashooter2]

A bit over 3,000 pounds at this point.

I've been sharing the recent take with a friend since his stash is considerably smaller.

[jimmeyjack]

1000 pounds or more of ingots . 400 pounds of pure sheet lead rold up And 400 plus pounds of range lead needing to be melted down .Marvin

Now I see why you passed on that 1400 pound ingot I got

[BSkerj]

I have about 2,000 lbs in raw WW and 750 lbs in smelted ingots and probably 150 lbs in various bullets. I get the WW for free..about 4-7 gallons a week. The suppliers are expecting me to pick them up now on a weekly basis now...which I am more than happy to do! I have only been casting a year so I am pretty lucky to have enough lead to last me probably for the rest of my life.

[deerslayer]

wow some of you all have a stash.
I have probably 200 lbs of lead in various form
5-7000 primers of course most are large rifle and I can't seem to get pistol right now
40 pounds of powder

[dpunch]

I have not been casting my own very long. I now have about 1800 lbs of ingots, but 1000 is of monotype. This site has helped be very much. Now I just need to find more soft stuff.

[jr81452]

wife caped me at 1600lbs. Now I sell off whatever goes over that amount.

[Oyeboten]

About Nine Pounds of unsmelted Range Lead...and, about 50 Pounds + of clean Range Lead Ingots...and about 20 Pounds of 1 Tin to 20 Lead Ingots I bought...and about 10 pounds Pure Lead I Bought, so...all tolled, right onto about 90 Lbs.


Eeeesh, and I thought that was a lot!!!