Don't cha luv it....

USSR · March 15, 2018, 07:24 PM

...when the scrap yard guys throw some solder in the lead bin.

Don

Beagle333 · March 15, 2018, 09:04 PM

Lucky you!

I'd be tickled if they'd just let us have access to the lead bin. All of our scrapyards went all NO SALES TO THE PUBLIC about 4-5 years ago.

armoredman · March 16, 2018, 03:21 AM

I have a Doe Run secondary smelter about ten miles from me - I never see wheel weights anymore.

USSR · March 17, 2018, 03:20 PM

I've just located a source for lead wheel weights for $.40 a pound. Gonna get them while the gettings good.

Don

Chainsaw. · March 17, 2018, 10:46 PM

Fourty cents?! Mail me some!!

FrankenMauser · March 18, 2018, 10:20 PM

Get it while it's hot.

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Fourty cents?! Mail me some!!

I, through no work of my own, have gained access to an LEO training facility (0-400 yd) with easily-mined backstops, steel targets, and bullet trap dumps all over the place.

At this point, the place feels like it contains an unending supply of range lead. I go with my brothers, when we have the time.
Bullet trap dumps could easily provide 100+ lbs in 10 minutes, per dump (six? total), at least twice a year. So far, we've left them alone, because there's so much powder and oxide in the mix.
Steel target "splatter mounds" have plenty of lead, but we've avoided them thus far.
The berms are where we spend most of our time. Although some people would balk at the job, we run about 20 lbs per hour, per person, and the bullets we're picking up are, literally, hand-picked.

Take four people and spend just half an hour or so picking gems out of the berm, and there's 40 lbs of raw range scrap in the back of the truck.
I can't imagine how much we'd get if we actually screened the dirt...

USSR · March 23, 2018, 09:22 AM

Even better. The wheel weights appear to be new, never used. I suspect that they've sat on the shelf someplace since NY state banned the shops from installing the lead ones. AND, looks like they may have come from a truck shop since most of them are huge, which raises the lead-to-steel-clip ratio in my favor. Got 90 pounds this week, going back for more next week.

Don

Sure Shot Mc Gee · March 23, 2018, 10:23 AM

I think those who reside in small towns are likely to see that happen. (recycle yard bought) Those others like me who reside in larger populate areas are more likely to buy their lead from a individual seller. Rather than be told: NO! at the junk yard service counter having waited a 1/2 hour behind some other buying a radio knob for his wifes supercharged mudder truck.

Depending on how much solder? Would garner my tickled'ness. Pounds of: falling down type of overwhelmingly tickled.
Ounces: Ah! maybe a fleeting grin if that.
Even so I'm happy for you USSR. Don't see that happening much as those recycle auto yards are not rookies when it comes to sorting metals having value.

Beagle333 · March 23, 2018, 06:31 PM

I love finding tin or solder for a deal. I don't know why, because I probably have enough to make about 10 tons of bullets, but I just like finding it and still buy it whenever I see it for cheap.

Grey_Lion · April 17, 2018, 08:45 PM

My scrap yard does trades so I bring in cans and walk out with all manner of lead depending what they have on hand. They also get buckets of range brass from time to time.

Chainsaw. · April 18, 2018, 01:55 PM

Beagle I think you are high lighting the illness that is reloading and casting.
"Oooh look lead, I already have enough to last me 300 years......yup, better take it home.."

March 15, 2018, 07:24 PM	#1
USSR Senior Member Join Date: November 14, 2017 Location: Finger Lakes Region of NY Posts: 1,442	Don't cha luv it.... ...when the scrap yard guys throw some solder in the lead bin. Don __________________ NRA Life Member NRA Certified Metallic Cartridge Reloading Instructor

March 15, 2018, 09:04 PM	#2
Beagle333 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2012 Location: Auburn, AL. Posts: 2,332	Lucky you! I'd be tickled if they'd just let us have access to the lead bin. All of our scrapyards went all NO SALES TO THE PUBLIC about 4-5 years ago. __________________ . . . Have a Colt and a smile.

March 17, 2018, 03:20 PM	#4
USSR Senior Member Join Date: November 14, 2017 Location: Finger Lakes Region of NY Posts: 1,442	I've just located a source for lead wheel weights for $.40 a pound. Gonna get them while the gettings good. Don __________________ NRA Life Member NRA Certified Metallic Cartridge Reloading Instructor

March 17, 2018, 10:46 PM	#5
Chainsaw. Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2015 Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain. Posts: 1,774	Fourty cents?! Mail me some!! __________________ Just shoot the damn thing.

March 23, 2018, 09:22 AM	#7
USSR Senior Member Join Date: November 14, 2017 Location: Finger Lakes Region of NY Posts: 1,442	Even better. The wheel weights appear to be new, never used. I suspect that they've sat on the shelf someplace since NY state banned the shops from installing the lead ones. AND, looks like they may have come from a truck shop since most of them are huge, which raises the lead-to-steel-clip ratio in my favor. Got 90 pounds this week, going back for more next week. Don __________________ NRA Life Member NRA Certified Metallic Cartridge Reloading Instructor

March 16, 2018, 03:21 AM	#3
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,299	I have a Doe Run secondary smelter about ten miles from me - I never see wheel weights anymore.

March 23, 2018, 10:23 AM	#8
Sure Shot Mc Gee Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,876	I think those who reside in small towns are likely to see that happen. (recycle yard bought) Those others like me who reside in larger populate areas are more likely to buy their lead from a individual seller. Rather than be told: NO! at the junk yard service counter having waited a 1/2 hour behind some other buying a radio knob for his wifes supercharged mudder truck. Depending on how much solder? Would garner my tickled'ness. Pounds of: falling down type of overwhelmingly tickled. Ounces: Ah! maybe a fleeting grin if that. Even so I'm happy for you USSR. Don't see that happening much as those recycle auto yards are not rookies when it comes to sorting metals having value.

March 23, 2018, 06:31 PM	#9
Beagle333 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2012 Location: Auburn, AL. Posts: 2,332	I love finding tin or solder for a deal. I don't know why, because I probably have enough to make about 10 tons of bullets, but I just like finding it and still buy it whenever I see it for cheap. __________________ . . . Have a Colt and a smile.

April 17, 2018, 08:45 PM	#10
Grey_Lion Senior Member Join Date: April 15, 2018 Location: Baton Rouge - Louisiana Posts: 407	My scrap yard does trades so I bring in cans and walk out with all manner of lead depending what they have on hand. They also get buckets of range brass from time to time.

April 18, 2018, 01:55 PM	#11
Chainsaw. Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2015 Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain. Posts: 1,774	Beagle I think you are high lighting the illness that is reloading and casting. "Oooh look lead, I already have enough to last me 300 years......yup, better take it home.." __________________ Just shoot the damn thing.