Range scrap surorise

**lwknight** · 10-13-2010, 06:23 PM

2 times I spent 20 minutes picking up bullets at the berm.
I got about 60 pounds total of whatever that yielded 45 pounds of lead and 12 pounds of jackets.
I took some scrap to the recycler and got $36.00 for the jackets.
I'm thinking thats pretty cool..

I did not volunteer that some of the jackets still had lead in them LOL .

Dog gone it! I misspelled Surprise in the title.

**sagacious** · 10-13-2010, 06:29 PM

Good score, and surprise.

RP · 10-13-2010, 07:27 PM

when I mined a berm to make shot to sell I made more money for less work off the jackets then the shot. Good to see you sold them alot say they toss them.

**fredj338** · 10-15-2010, 04:05 PM

Soon, berm mining will be the only way to get your alloy cheap/free. I can do the same @ the outdoor range I shoot, 30min yields 100#, mostly lead stuff, I only keep the 230grFMJ for melting. No place around here will buy the scrap jackets.

**lwknight** · 10-15-2010, 05:02 PM

I had a plan "B" in case they would not buy the jackets.

The place that I sold too will not sell lead to anyone because we might make fishing weights out of it.
I was going to tell then that if they did not buy the jackets that I would just toss them in the river and they were lead contaminated LOL!!

**Muddy Creek Sam** · 10-15-2010, 05:11 PM

I got to mine my berm on of these days. Got lots of rounds into it.

Sam

**lwknight** · 10-15-2010, 09:39 PM

Many moons ago in 1980 , the local sportsmans club had a range with sand berms.
Whenever I wanted ead I would just use my hands as a sieve and get 25 or 30 pounds in just a few minutes.
If I ever would have found a deep fry basket , I could have gotten tons of lead. But lead was cheap and everywhere so I never put any effort in the free lead.

**WILCO** · 10-20-2010, 08:49 AM

[QUOTE=lwknight;1026605Dog gone it! I misspelled Surprise in the title.[/QUOTE]

No biggy.

**bigboredad** · 10-23-2010, 11:57 PM

I wish I could find somewhere to sell my jackets I have 2 5 gallon buckets I need to melt down and that should give me almost a full 5 gallon bucket of jackets

**imashooter2** · 10-24-2010, 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by bigboredad

I wish I could find somewhere to sell my jackets I have 2 5 gallon buckets I need to melt down and that should give me almost a full 5 gallon bucket of jackets

No one around here will touch them. Into the trash they go.

**lwknight** · 10-24-2010, 12:18 AM

I can get $2.90 per pound of jackets.
They have to at least look kinda like copper.

BP	Bronze Point	IMR	Improved Military Rifle	PTD	Pointed
BR	Bench Rest	M	Magnum	RN	Round Nose
BT	Boat Tail	PL	Power-Lokt	SP	Soft Point
C	Compressed Charge	PR	Primer	SPCL	Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP	Hollow Point	PSPCL	Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt"	C.O.L.	Cartridge Overall Length
PSP	Pointed Soft Point	Spz	Spitzer Point	SBT	Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN	Lead Round Nose	LWC	Lead Wad Cutter	LSWC	Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC	Gas Check

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