Pure clean plumbers lead

[David Bachelder]

Stopped into a plumbing supply house in Huntsville, Coburns. They sell 5 lb lead ignots for $4.25 each. Thats .85 cents a pound. Pretty cheep huh and no shipping.

This is pure lead. You would still need tin and antimony, depending on what you're casting.

 

[Beagle333]

That is pretty cheap. I thought $1.09 shipped was good. At least, that's what I'm payin'.

 

[Edward429451]

A handful of shot and a few inches of solder and you're set to make some good boolits.

 

[zxcvbob]

If you're a blackpowder shooter, you just hit the metaphorical gold mine. Pure lead is a lot harder to find than alloys.

 

[FrankenMauser]

Cornbush is a plumber, and has gotten some for me in the past.

It's good stuff.

For a while, the local supply house was selling the 25 lb "chains" of 5 lb ingots at $0.60 / lb, certified. Like a bunch of idiots, we procrastinated and missed our chance. Now, the lowest price within 60 miles is $2.50 / lb for the same ingots/chains!

 

[Mike / Tx]

Thanks for the heads up. I NEED some and have a coworker who lives right in that area. I might have to sweet talk him into picking me up a few bars.

 

[Beagle333]

Well, I didn't find any pure that was new and perfectly clean.... but I did stop at the scrapyard this morning and he has about a train car full of pipes, flanges, drains and roof flashing all piled up out back by the fence and he'll retail any of it for .65/lb
I guess I'm gonna start smelting! 'Gotta learn sometime I suppose.

 

[GP100man]

Hey Beagle333 watch the pipe joints ,some have hi tin content ,some ole timer plumbers realized the wiping lead melted at lower temps & "froze" faster
thus making it easier to work joints.

So ifin I was on a pile of pipes I`d pry the joints loose if I could first .