When is enough enough?

[Nueces]

My idea is to have enough to last and leave sufficient to weigh me down before going into the lake, so I won't float up under someone's prom outing.

I'm just thoughtful that way.

Mark

[fredj338]

I'm formally from Central Wisconsin---now stuck in Illinois...

As you've hoarded so much dangerous Lead I'm afraid that you qualify for the new Obama Hoarders Tax...however you can escape the very serious ramifications if you donate some of your hoard to me...about half should be just enough...

HA! Not to mention the fines from the EPA for illegally storing hazerdous waste! Man I will be glad when:takinWiz:PBO & his thugs are gone.

[10 ga]

Have bout 14C in ingots, probably 70 % is COWWs, balance is SOWW, Iron pipe joints, cable sheathing, vent pipes, and old shower basins. Then there is the 2 ingots that are 50#@ from a deceased neighbor who did gutter work. Then a 180# sailboat ballast keel. 300# of sheet lead traded at the scrap yard. And a assorted collection of commercial ingots from scrap yard and yard sales bout 50#. Then my hoard of "ore" that is due for smelting. That is: a 5 gal. bucket of battery cable ends, 2 paint buckets 1 gal@ full of stained glass solder dripings and clipings, 4 buckets at 5 gal@ of COWWs, 4 buckest at 1 gal@ of SOWWs, 3 gal bucket of iron pipe joint rings, bout 50 muffin pan ingot type decoy weights, and a 3 gal bucket and a small battery box full of culled out fishing sinkers that are not useable. and a coil of lead sheathed copper 3 wires that is 63#, paid $.50 standard for that at the scrap yard cause it was "lead". So I have a bunch of Ingots, sheet lead, "ore", and then a bout 100# of good fishing sinkers and over 200# of net weight leads. Guess I've passed last year goal of a cache of 2K. With cool weather coming I'm gonna smelt and store ingots, cast up some ML boolits and scrounge more lead. The scrounging, hoarding, smelting, casting, shooting, trading, selling, is kinda compulsive. Besides I can't think of a more fun way to finance those project guns. Best to all, 10 ga

[avogunner]

How much is enough? All I could ever use + 1 lb!

[mold maker]

If ya have enough, call the undertaker. I don't think the term enough, and lead, can be used in the same sentence.
I don't even check to see what I have, I NEED more.

[koehlerrk]

Well, I'm just getting started in this game. So far, I have about #150 of ingots of different varieties, and two five-gallon buckets of range lead that's waiting for smelting, should be about #100 of soft-stuff when I get them processed.

This also doesn't count the lead that's already been cast into boolits, probably another 40-50 pounds there. So, call it just under 300 pounds total.

I keep picking up lead whenever I find it. Why, because it's simple, easy, and it doesn't ever go bad, so rotating stock isn't an issue.

The only problem i can see with lead is it's contagious. My son is starting to show an interest in collecting and casting it. He already loves shooting it. Not bad for a 10 year old.

[metweezer]

Lizard333, You definitely have more than enough. I'll PM you my address.

[VA Shooter]

My auto shop at work just ordered some ww that are not lead shop supervisor told me that the lead that they have is the last that he is going to use. SOOO!!! I asked him when the new stuff comes in he should give me the lead (to help the enviorment) he agreed So it looks like that ww lead is being phased out GET ALL YOU CAN

[cbrick]

Since my dog feels that he has never had nearly enough petting he really has no idea how much that would be.

Just like lead and me, I've never had that much so how could I possibly know how much that might be?

Rick

[Sonnypie]

My auto shop at work just ordered some ww that are not lead shop supervisor told me that the lead that they have is the last that he is going to use. SOOO!!! I asked him when the new stuff comes in he should give me the lead (to help the enviorment) he agreed So it looks like that ww lead is being phased out GET ALL YOU CAN

I'm very sure it is (being phased out).
When they ban the use of it is when things will get bad for casters.
Then what?

[VA Shooter]

Yea Sonnypie just went Firestone to see if I could get some lead got a big NO!! the guy said that major tire stores have a contract with Interstate Batteries they use the lead in new batteries and they keep record of how many ww they change per tire and so on. The Interstate rep told him that they are doing research on replacing lead in batteries. Hope this not true

[cbrick]

The Interstate rep told him that they are doing research on replacing lead in batteries. Hope this not true

I hope it is true, then maybe Interstate batteries will leave my WW's alone. It's the same story on the left coast, forget any tire shop that has an Interstate bateries sign, can't beg a single weight from them. Interstate contracts with them for the used weights.

Rick