rushthezeppelin
TGT Addict
Been contemplating casting for a while now and my interest got more piqued when I found out that people are casting powder coated hollow points for 300 BLK that are devastating on medium game.
Well now I'm sold after a big find today. Was able to get 5lbs for free at an NTB recently but today found another small time shop that had a pretty considerable horde of lead tucked away (considering the decreasing use of it). Overfilled 5 gallon bucket, weighing at 160 lbs even for only $40. Thankfully they split it into 2 buckets to facilitate moving it.
So far after dumping one bucket back into the other it seems like I have at least 95% that are almost obviously lead weights, granted only sorting will tell for sure. Should yield at least 145+ lbs of ingots I'm hoping which according to my math is about 4500 230gr bullets (heaviest I plan to cast) at less than a penny a pop after powder coating. Its mostly larger truck weights so I'm guessing I wont have to slag off to much weight in clips. Should last me a good long while especially if I start messing around with lighter super sonic stuff.
Well now I'm sold after a big find today. Was able to get 5lbs for free at an NTB recently but today found another small time shop that had a pretty considerable horde of lead tucked away (considering the decreasing use of it). Overfilled 5 gallon bucket, weighing at 160 lbs even for only $40. Thankfully they split it into 2 buckets to facilitate moving it.
So far after dumping one bucket back into the other it seems like I have at least 95% that are almost obviously lead weights, granted only sorting will tell for sure. Should yield at least 145+ lbs of ingots I'm hoping which according to my math is about 4500 230gr bullets (heaviest I plan to cast) at less than a penny a pop after powder coating. Its mostly larger truck weights so I'm guessing I wont have to slag off to much weight in clips. Should last me a good long while especially if I start messing around with lighter super sonic stuff.