http://imgur.com/a/YbJnscW
Got a smaller one there just for comparing. That was a great bucket not much zinc or steel in it.
http://imgur.com/a/YbJnscW
Got a smaller one there just for comparing. That was a great bucket not much zinc or steel in it.
Oh great, another thread that makes me spend money.
Older tires needed the heavier ones more than new tires,
they weren't assembled/made as evenly when they went into the cooker.
Years ago, a buddy dropped off some from the city bus garage.
I'd never seen ones for the real big tires on a bus before, and at a glance, I thought someone had spray painted some bananas gray.
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I had seen some in the past that was on semi rims they where some good size .
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I was picturing Amazon ladies with swedish accents casting those big wieghts LOL
Oh great, another thread that makes me spend money.
Sadly, I never got more than a handful to a third of a bucket full of those sizes. Bus & truck tire sizes were commonly re-used to save $$$. uncle mike
Got a few in my previous batch but many in the current batch I’m working on I love finding them big clunky block of lead
Two years ago my local scrap yard had about 200 lbs of those large bus/truck COWW's that I bought. One of the nice things about them is the lead-to-clip ratio is really high.
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Thats a nice score! I'll occasionally get a few. I think my largest one was 14oz.
The recycling yards are the best source for lead. Last visit, about 3 yrs ago ... 286 lbs of sheet lead at 60 cents per. Have no need for visits any more - inventory is over 1700 lbs
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John
I had 2 five gallon buckets of semi tire weights back in the 80s. Long gone now.
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A friend's dad was a mechanic for a long ago gone truck line. He would bring me big coffee cans full of these things that kept both of us shooting
for a while. That was way back in the 70's.
I just wish I had known at the time about mixing 50/50 to stretch those ww out a bit further..
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In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
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OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
Up until the tire store across from work sold out I would trade doughnuts for 5 gallon buckets of truck weights just like them. I am still using the lead from their.
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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 |
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