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    Boolit Master leeggen's Avatar
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    lead jack pot

    Sold wifes old cook range at the salvage yard, while there checked the lead supply. Thay had a 2/3 full 5gal. bucket with misc. lead (50lb all together) got it for $16.
    Got home and sorted it. 30 lb lino/mono-5 lb wheel weights-15 lb pure lead. There is another bucket that had what looked like barbell weights. They rang like bells when dropped on the floor. Did they make barbell weight from any type of lead mix??? some 10 lb some 20 lb in weight and rang like a bell, could scatch with a knife blade with alittle pressure. Any thought as to help me decide if I want to get them or not. I don't know if they were high in Sn/Sb or what.
    Thanks for any help.
    CD

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    Nice score man! congrats!
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    Yes, they used to make barbell weights out of lead. At least I remember some as a kid.

    If you can scratch them, they are probably lead. Get them if you can.


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    Thank you gentlemen.
    CD

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    Bar-bar-bar caching!!!

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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