1,000# sort complete!

[Jtarm]

Many thanks to those who created the informative stickies!

After a break for illness & oral surgery, I finally finished sorting 1,000# of WW purchased a few weeks back.

Final tally:
678 # COWW
64# SOWW

I might see if the source has more at the same price. If I do I’ll ask to take a look first.

I received them in 10 buckets. He had them ready on a pallet and just forked into the back of my truck.

The buckets were a little hit or miss. 2 were almost 100% COWW. One was maybe 25% and another about 40%. The rest about 65-70% I’d guess.

The painted Pb weights were deceiving at first. I was afraid they were Zn, but fortunately searched the forum and found out what they are.

The melt will be the final test, but I found very few non-Pb COWWs that weren’t marked Zn or Fe.

[Winger Ed.]

That'll keep ya out of those crooked BINGO parlors for awhile.

[tigweldit]

What a massive job. Way to go! Hope you get to shoot them all.

[Plate plinker]

now to cast them into ingots!

[Jtarm]

now to cast them into ingots!

Yup.

That’s part of the reason I bought them. After investing in a smelting setup, I decided I needed a lot more lead to justify the cost.

[Dunross]

A thousand pounds!

I've only got about 250lbs to sort and I'm not looking forward to it.

Good job.

[lightman]

Congratulations on the nice score!

Sorting is not that bad and gets easier and faster after you have sorted a few buckets. I'm finding fewer Zinc weights and more steel lately.

[MrWolf]

Don't worry when you still find a zinc one or two. It happens. Just watch your temperature.
Ron