Latest and Last Lead Haul - Don't need no mo!

[Shanghai Jack]

Scored 1 metric ton + of soft lead today. Brings my total up to 4200 pounds. Based on my average life expectancy that's 467 pounds a year.
That calculates out around 5900 of those beautiful Martini Henry 550 grain bullets per year.

Here's the latest pile awaiting smelting.
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[la5676]

Scored 1 metric ton + of soft lead today. Brings my total up to 4200 pounds. Based on my average life expectancy that's 467 pounds a year.
That calculates out around 5900 of those beautiful Martini Henry 550 grain bullets per year.

Here's the latest pile awaiting smelting.
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And close to 50,000 primers over the next 10 years if I did my maffs right. You are certainly optimistic about the future availability of "stuff".

[Eddie Southgate]

:holysheep:cbpour:

[Went2kck]

Nice score.

[Shanghai Jack]

And close to 50,000 primers over the next 10 years if I did my maffs right. You are certainly optimistic about the future availability of "stuff".

Got all the fixins as they say down here. Laid in everything but the lead after the last shortage past. Not at all optimistic - that's why its cached.

[imashooter2]

May you live long enough to shoot every bit of it!

[lightman]

May you live long enough to shoot every bit of it!

I'll second that! Nice score!

[ascast]

now yer talkin, I'm coming over to help

[HWooldridge]

Looks like old plumbing traps and pipe…

[auto5man]

SCORE! NICE, thats an impressive pile

[Shanghai Jack]

Looks like old plumbing traps and pipe…

Xray related stuff.

[dverna]

May you live long enough to need another ton.

[Shurshot2]

Scored about 400 lbs of lead ingots this weekend, all 1 or 1/2 lb ingots. Pencil hardness is ~9 brhn, would you remelt make new ingots and xrf or just add some Linotype to 12-15 brhn? This was from telephone lead but is not known if anything was alloyed as this was this persons father’s, who passed.

[gc45]

Wow, and I thought my 1000lb pile was enough! Good score, hope those martini bullets keep on coming for a very long time...

[kevin c]

Very satisfying to look at the pile, thinking,”That’s mine”.

Even better when looking at the stack of ingots made from it.

Congrats on a great score.

[pworley1]

Congratulations!

[remy3424]

Free lead is always hard to walk away from! Now the work starts.

[BJung]

Free brass is always hard to walk away from too!

[BJung]

That's a lot of lead. You could make yourself a lead coffin, put some of your toys and reloading gear in with you, and add a sign that says, "I'm taking these with me".

[Wag]

How the heck did you move it?!

Nice win!

--Wag--

[GregLaROCHE]

Great score! You can never have too much lead.

[lightman]

Good Luck in not getting anymore! Collecting it seems to be addictive.

[Shanghai Jack]

How the heck did you move it?!

Nice win!

--Wag--

Uhaul 10 footer is rated for 2830 lbs.

[Shanghai Jack]

Got the first 500 pounds cast into ingots.

[Land Owner]

If you are only expecting to live another 9 years (4200#'s divided by 467#'s per year), you better get crackin! You don't have a lot of time for smelting, casting, case prep, priming, loading, shooting, AND LIVING.

[dogrunner]

That's a lot of lead. You could make yourself a lead coffin, put some of your toys and reloading gear in with you, and add a sign that says, "I'm taking these with me".


Yep, but some scrounger' dig it up and use him for flux!