range scrap price

[anothernewb]

Getting time to clean out the local range again.

Traditionally the club has just opened it to members and we've scrounged it all for reloading. However, the number of members that cast anymore has dropped to such low numbers now that it's not anywhere near enough to clean it all out. We've also had some success in gathering a group together and cleaning it and selling the ingots, but even those volunteers are falling short these days.

We looked into having it removed and the cost was enough to shut the club down forever.

Now, We're considering just cleaning the range, and selling the scrap right out of it as is. I'm looking for input as to what we should set the price at. Sure we could just give it away, but the proceeds from selling the lead always go back into funding the Jr Rifle program. Currently we are able to keep the cost to $10 a year, and we provide the firearms and the equipment. the only other cost to the kids is the ammo. which we also sell at cost to them since we're a non-profit.

Generally we get about 800-1000# dirty, and when I've processed it, I've ended up with about 600-700# of ingots and a $100 worth of scrap copper. I've tested more than a hundred bars over the years and they always seem to come out around 11 bhn.

[rockrat]

We cleaned out our indoor range and sold the scrap for 5 cents/lb to our local scrapyard. No one wanted it. Think I am the only one in the club that casts. Almost 10K lbs. All monies went to our JR shooters program

[ascast]

i think you could sell here or on popular web sites like ebay or facebook marketplace. If it's cleaned and fluxed thoroughly ready to cast, known hardness, it will sell fast. Better if you can "inget-ize" to fit better in a USPS small flat rate box. Somebody (maybe here) made and sold molds made from angle iron that did this. You will want a couple rolls of heavy duty strapping tape or good quality duct tape.
I am always at least looking for lead.
sidenote -this past spring facebook market place had a listing for over 4,000 lbs of misc., mixed scrap. The pic showed about 200 pounds of old 5lbs plumbers lead, a bunch of newer ingets and a pile of pipe. He wanted $1 a pound. I could not swing $4000 at the time so began negotiation via email. In a few days it was gone. The guy never e-mailed me back. He was about 25 miles away and I have a truck. Opportunity of a life time.....GONE

I don't think you have any trouble moving that if you get in the right market.

[anothernewb]

i think you could sell here or on popular web sites like ebay or facebook marketplace. If it's cleaned and fluxed thoroughly ready to cast, known hardness, it will sell fast. Better if you can "inget-ize" to fit better in a USPS small flat rate box. Somebody (maybe here) made and sold molds made from angle iron that did this. You will want a couple rolls of heavy duty strapping tape or good quality duct tape.
I am always at least looking for lead.
sidenote -this past spring facebook market place had a listing for over 4,000 lbs of misc., mixed scrap. The pic showed about 200 pounds of old 5lbs plumbers lead, a bunch of newer ingets and a pile of pipe. He wanted $1 a pound. I could not swing $4000 at the time so began negotiation via email. In a few days it was gone. The guy never e-mailed me back. He was about 25 miles away and I have a truck. Opportunity of a life time.....GONE

I don't think you have any trouble moving that if you get in the right market.

I have batched it up in the past and sold on here. Takes a long time to clean that much lead though, and it's more hours than even I want to volunteer anymore. that's why we're looking for a decent scrap price to set it at and see if someone bites.

[The Appalacian]

As-is range scrap is sold every day on eBay.

If your price is right and shipping isn't nuts I would buy 50 to 60 lb boxes at a time here. I'm looking for 500 to 600 lbs to add to my stash.

Shoot me a PM if you want to discuss it.

[Grootjoseph]

Same here. I am interested if the price is right. PM me if you are interested

[Brassmonkey]

We cleaned out our indoor range and sold the scrap for 5 cents/lb to our local scrapyard. No one wanted it. Think I am the only one in the club that casts. Almost 10K lbs. All monies went to our JR shooters program

Location?

[dverna]

We cleaned out our indoor range and sold the scrap for 5 cents/lb to our local scrapyard. No one wanted it. Think I am the only one in the club that casts. Almost 10K lbs. All monies went to our JR shooters program

This should be noted. First, I am not criticizing the man!!! And I do not know the full story.

The poster (or other members in the club) could have bought the scrap for tripple what the scrap dealer paid, and the club would have made a lot more money. Yet, it was not worth the effort to lug it around, smelt it, pack it and ship it.

To the OP. Offer the range scrap in the S&S forum unprocessed for $.15/lb plus shipping. See it there is any interest.

Those of you interested may want to consider contacting the OP and making him an offer for unprocessed scrap.

[WRideout]

I salvage lead from my club's pistol range and process it myself. Processing consists of melting the scrap over a wood fire; no cost for fuel. I hand sort the copper jackets to sell for scrap. When I have more than I need, I occasionally sell ingots through the S&S subforum.

All that having been said, you can make some money on processed lead ingots, but it is a lot of work. If sold locally, you don't have to worry about shipping. Lead ingots will go for around a dollar a pound, rather than the scrap price.

Wayne

[35 Rem]

The scrap yard I've bought from for years still charges 35 cents a lb. I bet they wouldn't pay over half that. Hard to say what you could sell it for in raw dirty form. With us casters being such a tiny % of total reloaders, it all depends on finding a bullet caster when you go to sell. If it were me within driving distance of such a deal, I'd likely buy the entire 1,000 lbs without hesitation. I'm surprised that if you have at least two casters left in your club, they don't just split it and call the job done. Opportunities to get bulk lead are getting fewer and fewer.

[fredj338]

You could easily get $1/# in ingot form, half that unprocessed..

[imashooter2]

Going back years, a club I shot ICORE at stopped giving away their trap scrap and decided they could make money cleaning and selling it. A year later they were giving it away again. Seems the members were no longer keen on cleaning it. Like most here, I’ve made a lot of ingots. It’s more work than I’m willing to do for the “profit” it might bring.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

SNIP>>>

Generally we get about 800-1000# dirty, and when I've processed it, I've ended up with about 600-700# of ingots and a $100 worth of scrap copper. I've tested more than a hundred bars over the years and they always seem to come out around 11 bhn.

I am close enough to consider this (I am 2 hour drive from Alexandria), but I already have more alloy than I want.
...I have thought enough about the technique of using an old style "Boxwood" wood stove (with removable rounds for pots/kettles) for cleaning/batching alloy. Load the stove with correct amount of wood and correct air flow setting, come back 30 to 40 minutes later to flux/flux/flux and ladle into ingots. Those stoves go for $100 or so on the marketplace, $200 if real nice.

[Rickf1985]

Never got a location, I am always up for a ride.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Never got a location, I am always up for a ride.

their profile says west central MN. Alexandria, MN is the largest city in west central MN.

[Rickf1985]

their profile says west central MN. Alexandria, MN is the largest city in west central MN.

Whoa, not quite for a ride that far for range scrap.