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No, What I Have Won't Last
Yes, I Have Enough to Make It to the Other Side
I Just Don't Know
I Hoard for the Sake of Hoarding Itself
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Last edited by bowfin; 11-12-2012 at 03:16 PM.
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.
Crabo
Do not argue with idiots. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
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!
Shad
I believe in gold, silver, & lead, and the rights of free honest men... You can keep the "CHANGE"!
Shad
Should be good till the groundhog is my mailman.
NRA LIFER .. "THE CAST BULLET HANDLOADER IS THE ONLY ONE THAT REALLY MAKES ANY OF HIS AMMUNITION. OTHERS MEARLY ASSEMBLE IT". -E.H. HARRISON
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"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."
Thomas Jefferson
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"Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem."
-- Ronald Reagan
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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WVHunter129
Aim Small/Miss Small
So this poll is to find out who's arm to twist so's you're in their will, right????
Dan
I'll never have enough, so I'll keep looking.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
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.
One of my father's favorite statements: "If I say a chicken dips snuff, look under his wing for the snuffbox" How I was raised, who I am.
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
Cheap things are not good and Good Thing's Are Not Cheap
the worst part of getting old; is remembering when you were young
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
Just staying at home and playing with multi-color boolits.
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.
Boolits !!!!! Does that mean what I think it do? It do!
I am old but who can say when it will end? so do I have a lifetime supply? only the Lord knows!
Frank G.
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-
Chuck 358wcf
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |