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Thread: Scored a little lead today.

  1. 06-16-2010, 06:50 PM #1
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    Scored a little lead today.

    I bought 30 lbs of lead for $15 today from the local scrap yard..... All of it was very small crimp-on fishing weights. At least I wont have to skim any w/w clips off.
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  2. 06-16-2010, 07:18 PM #2
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    Sounds like a deal, most is still close to $1 a pound shipped . . .
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  3. 06-16-2010, 07:31 PM #3
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    I was able to get three five gallon buckets full of truck wheel weights at no charge from one of my vendors. Big weights make a lot of bullets. That should last me for a while.
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    Free anything is good. Free lead is even better.........
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    "...All of it was very small crimp-on fishing weights. " which sounds like split shot, or... shot! If you shoot Cowboy, you might try them in your shotgun shells.

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  6. 06-17-2010, 08:11 AM #6
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    They're soft lead which is what I like. I alloy it with either w/w or lino to get the BHN that I use in the 30-30.
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  7. 06-17-2010, 08:16 PM #7
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    Yesterday I was surprised by a gift of lead from a utility repairman. He drove right down my driveway and knocked on the door. Seems that he remembered I asked him about lead when he replaced my gas meter a while back. What he gifted me was a 5 lb bag of lead seals that they take off of gas meters when they are replaced.

    So there's another source for us lead scroungers!

    PS Spokane Washington is covered!
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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
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