Need lead
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I used the advanced search and entered lead ingots for sale and this post was the second one up. It's a year and a half old, but you can PM the member and ask if it's still available.
armoredman
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castboolits.gunloads.com usually has someone selling ingot lead.
I buy wheel weights for $.40 a pound and pure lead for $.80 a pound. Smelting it down and pouring it into ingots ain't that hard.MarkGlazer
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50 lbs is 5 trips to the range for me. That'd almost last me 2 months
Don Fischer
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I scrounged wheel weight's for years. Probably have over 800# laying around in ingot's, last me the rest of my life. Got a couple rolls of pure lead out of the walls of an x-ray room years ago and found some lino type metal to mix it with so as not to be to soft. These days here in Oregon, lead wheel weight's are a thing of the past. But roof lead is still around though. Only problem is getting something to mix in it to make it harder. There might be a good supply of wheel weight's on farm's and ranch's around the country. Seem's that when rancher's and farmer's get a new car they park the old one's in a scrap yard on their property. Might be a good place to look!
I have gone through 60 lbs in the last month. I am down to 40 lbs and was trying to keep my supply up. I am getting ready to cast some big old 405 grain bullets and a bunch of 44 and 45 colt. The people over at cast boolits are having a hard time in this heat dealing with melting right now. I cast about 8-900 45 colt bullets last weekend starting around 5:30 in the morning. It was hot by time I finished. Good thing I can lube size in the cool of the house.
405 grain bullets....! You need to start shooting some .38 Specials. Your lead will last a lot longer that way... Just kidding. If shooting rounds that big the only economical way to do it is to cast and reload your own.
Like others have mentioned it might be worth it to try your local scrap yards, tire shops, and online sources like craigslist and armslist. I tried calling all the local scrap yards a couple years ago with no luck. They don't sell to individuals off the street. Craigslist and armslist have been my best sources.
Like others have mentioned it might be worth it to try your local scrap yards, tire shops, and online sources like craigslist and armslist. I tried calling all the local scrap yards a couple years ago with no luck. They don't sell to individuals off the street. Craigslist and armslist have been my best sources.
I need to search more. I went to about 8 tire stores a few months back and one gave me a 5 gallon bucket full. Time I pulled out zinc steel and valve stems I wound up with about 1 lb of lead. Lot of work for no more than I got. Lead wheel weight hard to find here. I’ll try the craigslist local adds. Roto Metals too rich for me. I thought it might be a last resort.
Lately, I've been getting lead products from the local scrap yard. They have the same problem with wheel weights, though. Too much zinc. Last time, I bought a bucket of wheel weights, I ended up with the same issue you had. Not even worth the time to sort through it all. The scrap guy did tell me I could sit there in his yard and cull out the zinc but still not worth it.
They have a lot of raw lead sheeting, though, so if you're willing to alloy up with tin and antimony, you can get some really good deals. One day, I found a bucket of old bullets someone had cast but they were in bad shape and had to be melted down. Some decent lead, though.
Good luck to you.
--Wag--
They have a lot of raw lead sheeting, though, so if you're willing to alloy up with tin and antimony, you can get some really good deals. One day, I found a bucket of old bullets someone had cast but they were in bad shape and had to be melted down. Some decent lead, though.
Good luck to you.
--Wag--
Look for dive belt weights.
Atlanta $2lb:
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/for/d/lead-ingots-bars/6607385591.html
Dive belt weights $1.66lb :
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/spo/d/scuba-divers-lead-weight-belt/6632193006.html
Atlanta $2lb:
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/for/d/lead-ingots-bars/6607385591.html
Dive belt weights $1.66lb :
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/spo/d/scuba-divers-lead-weight-belt/6632193006.html
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