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USSR
03-08-2017, 09:50 PM
First time I've run across it. $.80 a pound at the local scrap yard. Got 17# of it.

Don

lightman
03-08-2017, 11:15 PM
Good find! Thats one type of lead that I've never found. Probably near pure?

trails4u
03-08-2017, 11:20 PM
I did some stained glass work YEARS ago.... Wish I knew then what I know now. My bet is dead soft.

RedRiver
03-08-2017, 11:52 PM
I had some a couple months back. Not pure bit close. Looked like stick on ingots.

runfiverun
03-09-2017, 02:11 AM
used to be pure.
when they started extruding it they added antimony to make the process easier.

USSR
03-09-2017, 07:45 AM
From everything I've read, it's 99+% pure. This stuff bends so easily that I don't doubt it in the least.

Don

TexasGrunt
03-09-2017, 09:47 AM
A couple of years ago I hit the scrap yard and grabbed over 150 lbs of the stuff. Made great lures.

Handloader109
03-09-2017, 10:46 AM
Just be careful, there is 'lead free' out there and I got a bunch and didn't realize it. not pretty in lead pot.....

USSR
03-09-2017, 11:43 AM
There's zinc came, but that ain't gonna be as soft as what I've got.

Don