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A black powder substitute can be made from sugar, salt peter, and rust.
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Originally Posted by
markshere2
Sadly the boat has mostly sailed on lead wheelweights.
Now they are steel zinc and some funky weighted plastic thingies.
I've smelted in excess of 2 tons of wheelweights in the last 12 years.
I'm set for life, but its not worth selling yet.
Can get a bucket of ww for $20.
Weight of usable alloy has diminished with each bucket over the years.
Yield previously averaged 80# or so.
Not worth the agony of sorting anymore for what you get.
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Originally Posted by
raxar
A black powder substitute can be made from sugar, salt peter, and rust.
Isn't that rocket fuel?
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I've recently watched some YinzTube videos of guys "reloading" primers. Tedious is not a strong enough word.
I stared at a few spent primers on my reloading bench and .... well let's hope it never gets this bad.
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Originally Posted by
Domer Dad
I've recently watched some YinzTube videos of guys "reloading" primers. Tedious is not a strong enough word.
I stared at a few spent primers on my reloading bench and .... well let's hope it never gets this bad.
Yes, but it's good to know how to do.
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Originally Posted by
God's Country
My home range uses primarily natural backstop. A few years ago I began creating a berm for 100 yd rifle. I plan to add another berm for pistol/close range applications, so I can begin to recover lead.
Make a boolit catching box. Mine is 3ft tall 3 ft wide and 2 ft deep. Filled with wood scraps. I started out with wood chips from a landscaping service. They got smaller and smaller in use, so the level dropped down. I throw boards and scraps in to keep it topped up.
I put a tin roof over it to shed the snow n rain.
I screw another piece of chipboard over the front when it gets too holy. Holey.? That one.
I have no exit holes through the back yet , shooting 308 and 300 wsm.
I mined it once about 8 years ago
Got 50 lbs of lead as i recall.
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Originally Posted by
Delkal
Wheelweights are great for hard cast but for muzzleloaders you need pure soft lead. If you know a plumber (old pipes) or a roofer (flashing) have them save the lead and try and work out a deal. If clean they can get about 50 cents per pound at a scrap yard so offering up to a dollar per pound is not unreasonable. Depending on where you live you might find some at a junk yard for about $1 but most junkyards don't want to deal with you. Especially around Philadelphia.
Many of the stick on lead wheel weights are dead soft lead
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Cops and soldiers carry plenty of ammo, jus' sayin'.
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Welp. I DID ask in the reloader thread if anyone has started digging lead out of backstops to reuse.
LOL
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Originally Posted by
Emptymag
Welp. I DID ask in the reloader thread if anyone has started digging lead out of backstops to reuse.
LOL
Yes, but now it's in an official location.....lol