between 400 and 500 lbs.
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between 400 and 500 lbs.
50 lbs linotype, 700 lbs of rangescrap (14BHN), 100 lbs WW, 100 lbs pure, 120 lbs ready to cast alloy and 200 lbs of alloy I have to blend with pure.
20K SP primers.
I have in ingots about 3000 lbs of mostly WW, but some pure PB and small amount of #2 and 20/1 alloys. Also 200 lbs of 50/50 solder.
To be smelted I have another 800 lbs of range lead, 270 lbs of WW.
Still looking for more.
About 600lbs of WW alloy, maybe 150lbs of pure. Also maybe 15,000 boolits cast ahead in various calibers.
My supply was growing fast at one point but metals prices cut that off and a move and no contacts in this area yet.
Also, maybe 6 or 8 hundred J-word rifle bullets, a few thousand J-word pistol bullets. ~30,000 primers and ~50lbs of powder.
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I have right now:
40 lbs of tin
70 lbs of 63/37 solder
440 lbs of 95/2.5/2.5
500 lbs of 96/3/1
75 lbs of linotype
600 lbs of pure lead.
I am feeling very under stocked right now. usually I have 2000 lbs of the 96/3/1, but I just sold a bunch to pay for my Garands.
I think I am up to about 1300 lbs of various alloys, mostly clip on WWs.
I generally melt down the WWs when I get a full bucket. The ingots take up less room than the WWs.
About 200lbs of WW ingots and will finish up w/ about 350lbs of finished ingots of from range scrap.
Want to get the WW count up a bit.
I have a bit stashed away....................not much! I've been lucky, managed to collect another 1500 lbs this past month or so. This summer's take should be good.
There's close to 4000 lbs piled up here.
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Just breached the 1000lb mark. Holding off on casting to stay above this magical number.
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About 100 lbs of smelted stick-on wheel weights and around 200 lbs of smelted clip-on wheel weights. Not nearly as much as I'd like, but, I can't complain because I have yet to pay for lead. After I move this summer, I will rebuild my stash up to a more comforting number.
Quite frankly, I am very leary of the number of "how much, how many" threads popping up lately.
I probably have about #700 lead and #300 in boolits.
Also about #200 30% antimony and #60 of pure tin.
About #200 linotype too.
If half my lead is WWs then I will have enough sweeteners to make about 1 ton of " hardball"
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Maybe I'm not telling everything ?
Last edited by lwknight; 05-21-2010 at 02:34 PM. Reason: remembered more.
Melting Stuff is FUN!Sent from my PC with a keyboard and camera on it with internet too.
Shooting stuff is even funner
L W Knight
When making large or even medium ingots for stacking , its important that the ingot mold be exactly level and uniform in thickness. I find that I have to ratate mine to keep the stack level and plum because my mold was slightly out of level.
Melting Stuff is FUN!Sent from my PC with a keyboard and camera on it with internet too.
Shooting stuff is even funner
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I never stack too high, earthquakes around here, dontcha know.
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Yeah that would make a bit of a mess in one of our garages wouldn't it?
Units of measure must be in tons
>1 ton
I've got about 700# ingots (lino, scrap, puer & ww) & another 700#+ in ww to smelt. Probably more than I need or will use but I am not saying no when I find it cheap or free. I think lead ww are a thing of the past here shortly & then it's gonna get tougher to scrounge cheap alloy. If I've got 100# in ingots at any one time, I am good to go. Hey, I can always sell the ingots going forward.
Why is that?Originally Posted by Finster101
"HMMMM.........It wasn't spos'ta do THAT!"
aren't you guys at all concerned that having this much product will cause the US to tipover and capsize?.......sorta like guam.....or cause your state/province to go belly-up....(discounting calif,illinois,michigan)
finster101.....rest assured i ain't an ACORN member......i follow the PECAN movement (PEople Concentrated Against Napolitano).......
i have in excess of 60K of primers but mostly rifle.....not a handgun looney (yet)....
only have 60lbs of dedicated handgun powders (covering fast,med,slow burn) but 250 lbs of rifle powders....so you can see where my primary interests lie.....but the times they are a'changing
Last edited by Chapped Lips; 05-21-2010 at 06:08 PM.
Its not a matter of how much you have its a matter of how much your floor will hold. I got main body of lead on concreate floor but as I cast and store thats sitting on wood floor thing is I dont think iam going to get a warning sign just come home to find boolit stash has moved 2 feet lower but with any luck it kill one of the cats hiding under my shed.
Reloading to save money I am sure the saving is going to start soon
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