Lead Shot in 5 Gallon Bucket
farmer
This 5 gallon bucket yarn gets better each time I read it. I haven't done this yet but I will. I have 8-10 bags of shot maybe 12 or 14 somewhere. If I tuck the shot bags, probably 6 , 2 in the middle, into the 5 gallon bucket and lay a couple 3 or 4 on top that would give me 10 bags of 25 lb shot, say 300 lbs of near lead shot, a little antimony and arsenic added to boot.
Stephen Perry
Angeles BR
results of the great 2010 smelt
HI,
Well just finished #2 project on this summers list. #1 was cut & stack 12 cords of firewood. Finished that on Tues.
So today was out of house by 6:30 A.M. drove up mt. built campfire, from about 3 -5 gal. buckets 90% full I got about 150lbs. of TW Pb.
wheel wheights 5 gallons weighed 224lbs
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Originally Posted by
lylejb
About how many pounds are in a full 5 gal bucket of WW?
i know it will vary somewhat with the size of the weight / clips, and of course the amount of stems / junk, but does anyone have a good average or "rule of thumb"?
i asked my 2 local tire stores today, both want $10 / gal of weights. i.e. 5gal = $50
not so sure that's a good deal:???:
thanks
LB
i have gotten some good wheelweights one bucket weighed 224 lbs all clip on weights all lead .... but average mix is @ 170- 180 lbs ... and now in kalifornia it is @ 30 percent lead and dwindeling fast, as the lead is now illegal the tire stores have given me the weights , and i recycle the fe or steel wheel weights, and the zn or zinc , and use the hammer on lead for magnum loads, water quenched ,... and the stick on , lead only for soft bullets or slug in the 12 ga. and if i shot black powder ,which i dont too messy , and for subsonic loads
the softer lead works well :cbpour::lovebooli