wheel weights availability

Plaz · June 5, 2010, 02:10 AM

I live in San Diego, CA and just found out that lead wheel weights are against the law here now. How am I going to get my lead weights now? I haven't cast my first bullets yet. Can some of you folks give me some suggestions on where to get my lead from now on?

zippy13 · June 5, 2010, 04:09 AM

I'm in San Diego County, too. Since the first of this year, it's been against the law to install lead wheel weights in California. This doesn't mean that lead weights won't be coming off for some time to come; but, the supply is dwindling. Perhaps you need to arrive at your local tire store with an ice cold six-pack, or two, just about quitting time on a hot afternoon. California casters will be spending a lot more for their lead and lead alloys in the future.
How often do you go to Yuma or Tijuana?

Rifleman1776 · June 5, 2010, 08:34 AM

Buy your lead elsewhere. Try scrapyards that specialize in metal. Old cable casings, lead shielding from x-ray rooms, and lots more is excellent lead. I don't know about California but locally (Arkansas) I can buy for 50 cents a pound.

Jim243 · June 5, 2010, 08:55 AM

What!! In San Diego you can't find a ship yard???

snuffy · June 5, 2010, 10:05 AM

Relying on wheel weights is going to be a thing of the past. They will be outlawed in the entire U.S. within 5 years. Thanks to the EPA, we will have no more free or cheap sources of lead. Those evil, poisonous lead weights will attack us from the side of the road! Or get ground into dust by cars running over them, don't ya know we're all gonna die!?

Let it be known you want scrap lead. Tell everybody! Soon you will be handed lead when you least expect it. Look into what happens to the bullet trap metal from a local indoor range. Scrap yards are also great places to look.

riverwalker76 · June 5, 2010, 11:38 AM

If you live in Cali .... try recycling facilities. I'm sure there are dozens in your area. Also .... try old printing shops. Sometimes they have linotype laying around from years ago. This is considered pure gold among a lot of casters since it is a very good alloy to cast with.

zippy13 · June 5, 2010, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim234

What!! In San Diego you can't find a ship yard???

Funny you should mention that… we used to sell several tons of our Trap and Skeet club's reclaimed shot for racing yacht keel ballast.

June 5, 2010, 02:10 AM	#1
Plaz Senior Member Join Date: December 23, 2007 Posts: 131	wheel weights availability I live in San Diego, CA and just found out that lead wheel weights are against the law here now. How am I going to get my lead weights now? I haven't cast my first bullets yet. Can some of you folks give me some suggestions on where to get my lead from now on?

June 5, 2010, 10:05 AM	#5
snuffy Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 2001 Location: Oshkosh wi. Posts: 3,055	Relying on wheel weights is going to be a thing of the past. They will be outlawed in the entire U.S. within 5 years. Thanks to the EPA, we will have no more free or cheap sources of lead. Those evil, poisonous lead weights will attack us from the side of the road! Or get ground into dust by cars running over them, don't ya know we're all gonna die!? Let it be known you want scrap lead. Tell everybody! Soon you will be handed lead when you least expect it. Look into what happens to the bullet trap metal from a local indoor range. Scrap yards are also great places to look. __________________ The more people I meet, the more I love my dog They're going to get their butts kicked over there this election. How come people can't spell and use words correctly?

June 5, 2010, 11:38 AM	#6
riverwalker76 Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 993	If you live in Cali .... try recycling facilities. I'm sure there are dozens in your area. Also .... try old printing shops. Sometimes they have linotype laying around from years ago. This is considered pure gold among a lot of casters since it is a very good alloy to cast with. __________________ *Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto* - “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass.”

June 5, 2010, 04:09 AM	#2
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	I'm in San Diego County, too. Since the first of this year, it's been against the law to install lead wheel weights in California. This doesn't mean that lead weights won't be coming off for some time to come; but, the supply is dwindling. Perhaps you need to arrive at your local tire store with an ice cold six-pack, or two, just about quitting time on a hot afternoon. California casters will be spending a lot more for their lead and lead alloys in the future. How often do you go to Yuma or Tijuana?

June 5, 2010, 08:34 AM	#3
Rifleman1776 Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 3,309	Buy your lead elsewhere. Try scrapyards that specialize in metal. Old cable casings, lead shielding from x-ray rooms, and lots more is excellent lead. I don't know about California but locally (Arkansas) I can buy for 50 cents a pound.

June 5, 2010, 08:55 AM	#4
Jim243 Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2009 Location: Just off Route 66 Posts: 5,067	What!! In San Diego you can't find a ship yard???