Gunslinger
09-09-2009, 08:33 AM
I'm on pretty good terms with the President in our club. They are about to restore the back wall on our indor shooting range. Since jacketed is not allowed here probably 98% is .22 slugs and the last 2% is Magtech LRN 9mm and .38. We agreed that if I cleaned out the back stop I could keep the lead.
Well... I did it this sunday. I got up real early thinking it would take forever but it didn't. It was a mix of lead slugs, lead dust and small pieces of paper - not as heavy as I thought.
It took me 3 hours and I ended up with 20 x 2.5 gallon buckets. I melted one bucket when I got home and rendered about 40lbs. So 800lbs of almost pure lead for 3 hours of work is not that bad is it :grin:??
Well... I did it this sunday. I got up real early thinking it would take forever but it didn't. It was a mix of lead slugs, lead dust and small pieces of paper - not as heavy as I thought.
It took me 3 hours and I ended up with 20 x 2.5 gallon buckets. I melted one bucket when I got home and rendered about 40lbs. So 800lbs of almost pure lead for 3 hours of work is not that bad is it :grin:??