Reasonable Alloy Prices

skizzums · September 17, 2013, 06:55 PM

hey guys, i am considering parting with some of my lead, but i have no idea what to charge for it. it's all ww and tape weights poured into muffin ingots. i have poured them seperately and marked them. i can tell the tape weight are much purer because they pour so much shinier. but, just curious, if you were to sell your lead stash, what would you charge per #?? i have seen it commercially for sale for up ro 2 dollars per #, but that just seems ridiculous.

i apologize, i meant for this to be a new thread.

Rangefinder · September 17, 2013, 07:25 PM

WW ingots generally go for about $1 a pound shipped. FYI, you can get about 60# reinforced into a MFRB. That's generally what I use to sell it for-- $60 for a MFRB shipped.

skizzums · September 17, 2013, 08:33 PM

sounds good, appreciate it.

FrankenMauser · September 17, 2013, 11:24 PM

Shipping rates have gone up, and alloy is selling for a bit more.

Right now, I'd charge no less than $1 / lb for clip-ons. But, cutting a little slack on shipping could be an option.
For a MFRB, I'd charge no less than $70 shipped, with a guarantee of 60 lbs ... if I wanted to sell it fairly quickly.
If I wasn't in a hurry, I'd ask for a little more.

skizzums · September 18, 2013, 10:12 PM

cool, thanks guys.

Mike / Tx · September 19, 2013, 04:42 AM

Personally I would just stash it in the corner somewhere, not like it is going to spoil, and it doesn't take up much room either, well depending on the amount.

I have little piles stuck into nooks and crannies, and even have hauled some up to the farm and stashed it in my storage shed. I figured that with the current environmental kooks, and they way we seem to be selling everything to other countries as fast as folks can ship it, what I have might come in handy one day. Like I read elsewhere, it might even be used as a barter item if needed.

I just opened up a couple of boxes and they haven't left for the recycle bin just yet. If you wold like I can shoot you a picture of how they were packed so you have an idea of how to do it so as not to have them come apart mid shipment.

I can say this however, with what I have purchased, the angle iron type molded bars ship far better than the muffin types do. Just way easier to pack them so they can't move. Trust me if they CAN move they WILL move and once they start it seems they keep it up.

skizzums · September 20, 2013, 04:31 PM

you know, i really really wanna buy one of those squareback VEPR 54r's from centerfire before they are sold out. there will be no more once they are gone. i need to sell some thing to justify to the wife me spending 800$ for a rifle. i really hate selling the lead, but i have a pretty easy time gettin WW here in ga.

p.s. apparently there is a new U.N. rule that is stopping the export of the squareback vepr's, you will still be able to get them, but only with aftermarket furniture which increases the cost from 750$ to at least 1100$

Boomer58cal · September 21, 2013, 11:26 PM

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Personally I would just stash it in the corner somewhere, not like it is going to spoil, and it doesn't take up much room either, well depending on the amount.

I have little pilesstuck into nooks and crannies, and even have hauled some up to the farm and stashed it in my storage shed. I figured that with the current environmental kooks, and they way we seem to be selling everything to other countries as fast as folks can ship it, what I have might come in handy one day. Like I read elsewhere, it might even be used as a barter item if needed.

My thoughts exactly. Over the next 10 years or so lead is going to get very hard to find. With the dirt worshippers trying to ban the production and sale of lead and all that.

I have 6-700 pounds that's stashed away, but I'd like it to be about twice that. That's just me.

I've never paid over a dollar a pound.

Just my 2 cents.

Boomer

Doc Hoy · September 22, 2013, 03:42 AM

What Boomer said about what Mike said.

skizzums · September 30, 2013, 11:38 PM

i missed the boat on the vepr's

on the plus side.....i dont have to sell my lead, and i built my first ar instead for a few hundred cheaper (so no angry wifey)

i just had to promise the next gun is her choice, with no input from me, i'll admit.....i'm a little worried

September 17, 2013, 06:55 PM	#1
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	Reasonable Alloy Prices hey guys, i am considering parting with some of my lead, but i have no idea what to charge for it. it's all ww and tape weights poured into muffin ingots. i have poured them seperately and marked them. i can tell the tape weight are much purer because they pour so much shinier. but, just curious, if you were to sell your lead stash, what would you charge per #?? i have seen it commercially for sale for up ro 2 dollars per #, but that just seems ridiculous. i apologize, i meant for this to be a new thread. __________________ My head is bloody, but unbowed

September 17, 2013, 07:25 PM	#2
Rangefinder Senior Member Join Date: August 4, 2005 Posts: 2,017	WW ingots generally go for about $1 a pound shipped. FYI, you can get about 60# reinforced into a MFRB. That's generally what I use to sell it for-- $60 for a MFRB shipped. __________________ "Why is is called Common Sense when it seems so few actually possess it?" Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Politicians.

September 17, 2013, 08:33 PM	#3
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	sounds good, appreciate it. __________________ My head is bloody, but unbowed

September 17, 2013, 11:24 PM	#4
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Shipping rates have gone up, and alloy is selling for a bit more. Right now, I'd charge no less than $1 / lb for clip-ons. But, cutting a little slack on shipping could be an option. For a MFRB, I'd charge no less than $70 shipped, with a guarantee of 60 lbs ... if I wanted to sell it fairly quickly. If I wasn't in a hurry, I'd ask for a little more. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

September 18, 2013, 10:12 PM	#5
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	cool, thanks guys. __________________ My head is bloody, but unbowed

September 19, 2013, 04:42 AM	#6
Mike / Tx Senior Member Join Date: April 8, 2000 Posts: 2,101	Personally I would just stash it in the corner somewhere, not like it is going to spoil, and it doesn't take up much room either, well depending on the amount. I have little piles stuck into nooks and crannies, and even have hauled some up to the farm and stashed it in my storage shed. I figured that with the current environmental kooks, and they way we seem to be selling everything to other countries as fast as folks can ship it, what I have might come in handy one day. Like I read elsewhere, it might even be used as a barter item if needed. I just opened up a couple of boxes and they haven't left for the recycle bin just yet. If you wold like I can shoot you a picture of how they were packed so you have an idea of how to do it so as not to have them come apart mid shipment. I can say this however, with what I have purchased, the angle iron type molded bars ship far better than the muffin types do. Just way easier to pack them so they can't move. Trust me if they CAN move they WILL move and once they start it seems they keep it up. __________________ LAter, Mike / TX

September 20, 2013, 04:31 PM	#7
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	you know, i really really wanna buy one of those squareback VEPR 54r's from centerfire before they are sold out. there will be no more once they are gone. i need to sell some thing to justify to the wife me spending 800$ for a rifle. i really hate selling the lead, but i have a pretty easy time gettin WW here in ga. p.s. apparently there is a new U.N. rule that is stopping the export of the squareback vepr's, you will still be able to get them, but only with aftermarket furniture which increases the cost from 750$ to at least 1100$ __________________ My head is bloody, but unbowed

September 22, 2013, 03:42 AM	#9
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Yeah! What Boomer said about what Mike said. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

September 30, 2013, 11:38 PM	#10
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	i missed the boat on the vepr's on the plus side.....i dont have to sell my lead, and i built my first ar instead for a few hundred cheaper (so no angry wifey) i just had to promise the next gun is her choice, with no input from me, i'll admit.....i'm a little worried __________________ My head is bloody, but unbowed