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electric furnaces for casting bullets. really needed?
El Destructo:
Wayne...they normally just pile.it up out back....or toss it out....so I scab on to what I can get for reloading....but I have to mix it with tin to harden it up for my 45acp :D
recurve shooter:
hmmm ok well all the tire shops i checked today wouldnt give me any because they said they are under a contract with some recycling company. my pawpaw found some plumbing strore that sells it but they want sixteen bucks for five pounds of it. so i guess im still on the hunt for lead. i dont know if we have an electric co around here, but i'll check and see.
again, thanks for all the help. :)
El Destructo:
Another thing you may look for is Babbitt...some Babbitt Alloys are 80% lead.... 15% antimony.... 5% tin and some are 75% lead.... 10% tin.
There are a couple of Pure Lead Sinker companies that I know of that will sell you Lead for $1.75 a pound...up to 60 pounds ....and ship it USPS Priority Mail for $13.00
Most new Tire weights have very little lead in them...thanks to the EPA...they are mainly alloys now
Hillbilly:
I always just used a tin can and some vice-grips over a fire or Coleman stove like Cowboy said. I got ahold of a whole bunch of lead awhile back that was behind the sheetrock in an x-ray room. Hope it ain't radioactive. ;D
cowboy:
I got a bunch of that big electric cable wrap lead - its about gone now. I'm wondering about old car batteries? Would the acid in that lead be detrimental to the bore of your guns and rifles? Not trying to hijack a thread - just curious..
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