Someone local to me has lead ingots from bullets reclaimed from range berms. What is a reasonable price nowadays to pay for lead that is ready to go?
Thanks
Dan
Someone local to me has lead ingots from bullets reclaimed from range berms. What is a reasonable price nowadays to pay for lead that is ready to go?
Thanks
Dan
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Buck a lb for range scrap ingots.
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I see it sell often for about a buck a pound. IMHO, that is a great price.
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Think of it this way, you can order lead from various foundrys around for $1.50 a pound for pure Pb that is ready to melt and cast. So when buying from an individual and not knowing how well the lead is cleaned or fluxed or handled and not knowing if its contaminated. Most of us on this site will pay no more than a $1 to $1.25 per pound, given all the unknowns vs "pure" foundry lead. Clip on wheel weight lead ingots will bring a higher price maybe $1.50 per pound, again assuming their composition can be verified.
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The local scrap yard charges $0.27 for wheel weights and $0.50 for range scrap. This is raw, not smelted into ingots. The range scrap has jacket material, though the ratio of lean to jacket material looks pretty good.
Start at $.75/lb and go up if you have to.
My local scrap yard charges $0.78/lb for any lead scrap he has, which is often lead pipe and flashing. Hopefully that helps.
Our local scrap yard pays 13 cents a pound, but will even give you a price if you want to buy any. lol
Just picked up wheel weights for $0.65/lb and "clean lead" for $0.95/lb. Not the greatest prices, after reading the above but not a deal-breaker, either.
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I once got a peck bucket of range scrap for $5.00, but only because the young scrapyard guy didn't know what it was. WW's go for .50/lb, and scrap lead goes for $1.00/lb. My yard has a lot of scrap lead. There is a stained glass shop in town, and they take all their old lead to the scrap yard. Think I'll see if they'll sell it to me for same price the scrapyard offers.
GREAT info guys! Thank you very much!
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What ever you have to pay now, will be cheap in another couple years. It's like putting money in a savings account.
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I just picked up 575 pounds of soft lead at the local scrap yard.I gave right at 55 cents per pound.
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