Looking Bulk lead.

andrew cochran · 08-14-2008, 01:05 PM

Looking for bulk lead and a mold for .451 round balls.

big shrek · 10-18-2008, 05:27 AM

Bulk Lead is easy. Go to your local range on a Range Cleaning Day when they are ready to clear the backstop. Bring a metal detector, shovel & fishnet.

neophyte · 10-18-2008, 06:05 AM

andrew cochran: At any ?tire? shop; and ask for the old wheel weights; might need 5 gallon buckets; and the mess is heavy. You may need to go to several to find one that will

let

you haul it away.

assuming you are starting from ''scratch''

andrew cochran · 10-29-2008, 01:48 PM

Yeah already tried the tireshops. They would sell me some, but not give me any.

Maybe that range idea is a good one!

Big Dog · 10-29-2008, 04:01 PM

Lead tire weights are beginning to be replaced with non-lead types. Get 'em if you can find 'em!

Also, check with roofers - lead flashing is used, and sometimes they have bits & pieces left over. I'm onto a source now, but it'll be a little while til he has them ready for me.
If you find an estate sale, hope the old boy was an avid fisherman - lead sinkers are a good source. You get them for a low bid.

I'm also trying to talk my Dad out of his old mullet fishing net - he's too old to fish, and the net ban killed it anyways.
600 yards of net = a lot of weighted line = a lot of lead!

LefthandShooter · 10-31-2008, 03:14 PM

My dad has a 10" round 12 foot long lead pipe in his barn. Won't let me have it.
In 1995 I sold his lead colection form years of collecting (not the pipe though). He had over 2000 pounds with almost 1000 of it being Babbitt !

Mike82 · 10-31-2008, 08:49 PM

andrew, I'll check around and see if i can find some tire weights for ya, the lead ones....we used to make large lead weights for snag fishing from them....but i think i can prolly get a 5 gallon bucket a week, plenty of bullets-worth....dunno what I'd do about sending them to ya tho....maybe melt them down into a slab that'll fit the "flat-rate" package.

All I'd want is shipping for them....tips appreciated(gas ain't free unfortunately)

andrew cochran · 11-19-2008, 03:11 PM

I'd apprciate if you'd find me some tire weights! Thanks!

K75RT · 11-19-2008, 06:31 PM

I PM'd you, HTH

08-14-2008, 01:05 PM	#1
andrew cochran Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Little town in ARKANSAW! Posts: 2,331	Bulk lead. Looking for bulk lead and a mold for .451 round balls. __________________ If you don't have anything good to say... Don't say it!

10-18-2008, 05:27 AM	#2
big shrek Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northwest, FL Posts: 671 Images: 45	Bulk Lead is easy. Go to your local range on a Range Cleaning Day when they are ready to clear the backstop. Bring a metal detector, shovel & fishnet. __________________ No worry I are just der big dumb troll nevermind dis here notepad I am just countin' ma toes.

10-18-2008, 06:05 AM	#3
neophyte Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 4,365 Blog Entries: 2	Wal-Mart, Firestone, Goodrich andrew cochran: At any ?tire? shop; and ask for the old wheel weights; might need 5 gallon buckets; and the mess is heavy. You may need to go to several to find one that will let you haul it away. assuming you are starting from ''scratch'' __________________ Craig May the Lord's face radiate with joy because of you. Numbers 6:24

10-29-2008, 01:48 PM	#4
andrew cochran Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Little town in ARKANSAW! Posts: 2,331	Yeah already tried the tireshops. They would sell me some, but not give me any. Maybe that range idea is a good one! __________________ If you don't have anything good to say... Don't say it!

10-29-2008, 04:01 PM	#5
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,421	Lead tire weights are beginning to be replaced with non-lead types. Get 'em if you can find 'em! Also, check with roofers - lead flashing is used, and sometimes they have bits & pieces left over. I'm onto a source now, but it'll be a little while til he has them ready for me. If you find an estate sale, hope the old boy was an avid fisherman - lead sinkers are a good source. You get them for a low bid. I'm also trying to talk my Dad out of his old mullet fishing net - he's too old to fish, and the net ban killed it anyways. 600 yards of net = a lot of weighted line = a lot of lead! __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

10-31-2008, 03:14 PM	#6
LefthandShooter Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In A House in NE Ohio! Posts: 1,771	My dad has a 10" round 12 foot long lead pipe in his barn. Won't let me have it. In 1995 I sold his lead colection form years of collecting (not the pipe though). He had over 2000 pounds with almost 1000 of it being Babbitt ! __________________ CHRISTMAS: Celebrating Christ's Birth and the Gift of Eternal Life!

10-31-2008, 08:49 PM	#7
Mike82 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Starkville, Mississippi USA Go BullDAWGS!!! Posts: 1,849 Images: 7	andrew, I'll check around and see if i can find some tire weights for ya, the lead ones....we used to make large lead weights for snag fishing from them....but i think i can prolly get a 5 gallon bucket a week, plenty of bullets-worth....dunno what I'd do about sending them to ya tho....maybe melt them down into a slab that'll fit the "flat-rate" package. All I'd want is shipping for them....tips appreciated(gas ain't free unfortunately) __________________ No Trespassing! Violators Will Be Shot! Survivors Will Be Shot Again!

11-19-2008, 03:11 PM	#8
andrew cochran Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Little town in ARKANSAW! Posts: 2,331	I'd apprciate if you'd find me some tire weights! Thanks! __________________ If you don't have anything good to say... Don't say it!

11-19-2008, 06:31 PM	#9
K75RT Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Litchfield County, Connecticut Posts: 412	I PM'd you, HTH