rickomatic
07-28-2008, 07:46 PM
Like others here, since I've become enamored with casting boolits, I'm always on the hunt for new sources of our precious commodity. I previously had a successful outing sifting range lead from an informal sand banked shooting area I frequent in Eastern Washington, but as late, due to the hot and dry temperature, I haven't been able to dig down far enough to get any since spring. Every shovel full of sand I take out while attempting to get to the mother load, gets filled in with two shovelfuls sluffing down from the hillside above. Alas, I had decided to wait until some rain this fall to get some of that lead.
Then, this past weekend, I decided to do a little shooting at that same hillside, and to also survey a recent wildfire that had ravaged the area the past week. Well, the fire had indeed ravaged right through my shooting area, and scoured away all the bunchgrass and sagrbrush around it. As I was looking around I saw something that I had never seen before. In one small area that was sort of dished out, and had previously held a few bushes, I saw little streams of a familiar silver gray substance running down the slope. Yep....that wildfire had melted a few slugs that happenend to be near the surface, and I gleaned about 2 pounds of naturally smelted boolit material!! I guess it pays to always be on the lookout for any new lead source, whether expected or not! :-D
Oh..and as a bonus side note, there was a brand spankin new set of cougar tracks going right down the center of the trail. Cool!
Then, this past weekend, I decided to do a little shooting at that same hillside, and to also survey a recent wildfire that had ravaged the area the past week. Well, the fire had indeed ravaged right through my shooting area, and scoured away all the bunchgrass and sagrbrush around it. As I was looking around I saw something that I had never seen before. In one small area that was sort of dished out, and had previously held a few bushes, I saw little streams of a familiar silver gray substance running down the slope. Yep....that wildfire had melted a few slugs that happenend to be near the surface, and I gleaned about 2 pounds of naturally smelted boolit material!! I guess it pays to always be on the lookout for any new lead source, whether expected or not! :-D
Oh..and as a bonus side note, there was a brand spankin new set of cougar tracks going right down the center of the trail. Cool!