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I believe I'm in the same fortunate boat. But should some smokin' deal flop down in front of me... What can I say? I'm just weak.
I haven't reached the point where I can determine... how much a lifetime supply is?
Until then, it's happy hunting :) My family thinks I have "lead" for brains! :lovebooli
Shad
Should be good till the groundhog is my mailman.
i thought I had enough until my grandson's got interested in shooting, reloading, etc. They have really made a dent in it the last couple of years.
I have maybe 500 to 600 pounds of lead, but no where enough to say a lifetime supply. Of course I only got into casting about 3 months ago. So you guys who have a lifetime supply you can pass on your excess to me. Trying to find lead around here is like looking for a needle in a hay stack.
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So this poll is to find out who's arm to twist so's you're in their will, right????
:kidding:
Dan
I'll never have enough, so I'll keep looking.
Can anyone say what a "lifetime" supply is? Not sure what that means. If I had 5,000 # of various material, maybe. Again, not sure.
I catch and recycle most everything I shoot at home, so I'm set for virtually forever.
Gear
Not even close here.
My lead holdings are very limited. 4 or 5 10# ingots of WW/lead pipe, several 1# ingots of dead soft, and maybe 10# of range scrap. I don't know what's sadder--my lead situation, or how little time I have to go shooting! At most I'm sitting on 100# of lead. But asking and scrounging and slow but sure it's improving.
i hope i live long enough to shoot what i have. i'll be in the record books, ( first man in modern history to run out of lead after only 190 years of shooting, say's he'll retire now!
skimmerhead :lovebooli:!:
I have enough for my life time, but I keep collecting and selling it.
If it gets low, then I will stop selling and just shoot it. :)
Lafaun
Simply put; no.
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I have about 1200lbs of shootable alloy hoarded (of varying composition/hardness) and am comfortable about "having enough". However, like others have said, I still keep an eye out for any good deals and of course, can't resist picking the range. Because of it, my monthly expenditure is usually neutral....I bring home as much as I shoot.
Not even close.
I have maybe 500 pounds on hand. I figure I shoot 150 to 200 pounds per year.
The one thing that does help is my ability to gather range ****. I have collected over 200 pounds of that in the past year. As the berms are not my personal property I don't consider them "'mine" so I don't think I have a lifetime supply. Yet.
I wish I did,but, my answer is no. I am working on it.
I am old but who can say when it will end? so do I have a lifetime supply? only the Lord knows!
Yes, I believe I do- I will be 60 in a few months-
Last year, I did an "inventory" in that I had to move my lead stash from the garage area to the side yard storage area, by hand, in a small wagon. My best estimate is that I have right at 3000 pounds of quality ingots, ready to go. Several hundred pounds of solder to sweeten the pot at well- today, I scrounge for tin-rich pewter to alloy with the lead to improve the quality of the boolit fillout. I always strive for the very best in quality in my casting, even if it slows me down-
I am passing on the "art" of casting to my Son in Law these days to make sure all my casting equipment has a good home some day. He's catching on well, and learning that casting is not only about "economy"- it is a passion- a science unto itself-
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