Pure clean plumbers lead

David Bachelder · September 12, 2012, 06:40 PM

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 · September 12, 2012, 07:40 PM

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

Edward429451 · September 12, 2012, 07:49 PM

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

zxcvbob · September 12, 2012, 07:59 PM

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

FrankenMauser · September 12, 2012, 11:42 PM

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 · September 13, 2012, 08:26 AM

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 · September 15, 2012, 11:33 AM

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 · September 16, 2012, 06:51 AM

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 .

September 12, 2012, 06:40 PM	#1
David Bachelder Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2011 Location: Trinity, Texas Posts: 460	Pure clean plumbers lead 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. __________________ David Bachelder Rookie reloader, but learning fast Trinity, Texas I load, 9mm Luger, .40, 38 S&W, .38 Special, .357, .45ACP, .45 Colt, .243 and 30-06

September 12, 2012, 07:59 PM	#4
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 3,694	If you're a blackpowder shooter, you just hit the metaphorical gold mine. Pure lead is a lot harder to find than alloys. __________________ "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun"

September 12, 2012, 11:42 PM	#5
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 26, 2008 Location: 1B ID Posts: 5,415	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! __________________ "Such is the strange way that man works -- first he virtually destroys a species and then does everything in his power to restore it."

September 13, 2012, 08:26 AM	#6
Mike / Tx Senior Member Join Date: April 9, 2000 Posts: 590	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. __________________ LAter, Mike / TX

September 16, 2012, 06:51 AM	#8
GP100man Senior Member Join Date: August 2, 2007 Location: Tabor City , NC. Posts: 1,792	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 . __________________ GP100man

September 12, 2012, 07:40 PM	#2
Beagle333 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2012 Location: Back in the woods a piece Posts: 763	That is pretty cheap. I thought $1.09 shipped was good. At least, that's what I'm payin'.

September 12, 2012, 07:49 PM	#3
Edward429451 Junior member Join Date: November 12, 2000 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado Posts: 9,496	A handful of shot and a few inches of solder and you're set to make some good boolits.

September 15, 2012, 11:33 AM	#7
Beagle333 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2012 Location: Back in the woods a piece Posts: 763	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.