Foundry type value

[Alan in Vermont]

I'm negotiating a swap that would end up with me gaining 50-100 lbs of foundry type. I'm dealing dumb on this as I have no idea what it's worth. Anybody got any input as to the "street" value of it. I would have next to no actual cash in my trade goods, just the cost of shipping a LRFB. Never have used any of it either but I can't see any downside to have a box of it on the shelf for the future.

[uscra112]

Foundry type is a very hard alloy, rich in antimony. I have never found much use for it.

[4719dave]

2.00 lb shipped rough price

[375RUGER]

I personally wouldn't pay more than $2.20/#. That's what I paid for it before.

[Echo]

You could blend it 8 or 10 to 1 WW to Foundry, and have some danged good alloy.

[bumpo628]

It is very difficult to tell the difference between foundrytype and monotype. Some people say there is a way to tell, but I would just assume I had monotype unless it came with an analysis.

There is a seller in the Vendor sponsors tab that has Foundrytype/Monotype for $2/lb right now. So, that is apparently the going rate. http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=159360

Description Tin Antimony
Electrotype 2.50% 2.50%
Linotype 4.00% 12.00%
Stereotype 6.00% 14.00%
Monotype 9.00% 19.00%
Foundrytype 15.00% 23.00%

[Alan in Vermont]

Well, the deal is done, I have somewhere on the high side of 200 lbs of type metal, supposed to be foundry type, coming my way. End cost will be about $1.50/lb(if it was done for $) but it was all done by trade so my only out-of-pocket cost was $20 to ship my trade goods to the tradee.

[S&W-629]

if you would want to sell 10# i would buy it off you for going rate.

[Alan in Vermont]

Where ya located? "Back woods of VT" might be in my back yard.

[S&W-629]

a town called Baltimore it's part of Chester VT

[Alan in Vermont]

I used to have relatives in Chester and Dummerston, still got some in Brattleboro. I was hoping you lived close to, or north of, the Burlington area.

[Lloyd Smale]

these days 2 to 3 bucks a lb.

[S&W-629]

I live about 2 1/2 hrs away from B town. Chester used to be a good little town till the drug dealers moved in.But thay are working on getting them moved out

[David2011]

Foundry type is large, headline sized type. Monotype is very small and used for body type. Both are very hard due to a high antimony content. This is a bad photo of monotype:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/2453507ee7546d701.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=7075)

David

[Alan in Vermont]

I have seen monotype before, never eyeballed any foundry type until I got three 68# boxes of it this week. OMG is that stuff HARD!! I put the word out with a couple scrappers that I'm looking for lead today. With a good stash of foundry to mix it with I am now in a position to be able to use soft lead in an alloy. Of course, not anticipating that I sold 120 lbs of pure about a month ago because I didn't have much to mix with it.