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Roofing lead or flashing is good stuff to use. The first melt will be dirty and smelly so best to do it and pour the good stuff into ingots, I use a very dry house brick with a cavity. Second time you melt it use some flux and make yer balls.
When friends learn that you cast your own bulets and ball you soon get regular donations of the stuff so I dont pay a penny and have close on a hundredweight of the stuff. I also sieve the sand trap at my club for a harder alloy for .357 bullets.
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As above. I use it when i can get hold of it cheaply, ie swop it for home brew wine or cans of beer ect. If im offered any lead i always take it if the price is right as you dont always know where your next lot is coming from and it can always be swopped for other stuff such as molds. "Ta Dave." Iv also been known to dig the sand pit for harder lead but its always such messy stuff that you have to wash it first and sort out any unwanted crap before melting it down to store in ingots.
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The scrapman is paying 50p per kilo right now.
Mine sells at £1, robbing Bxxxxxx
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I have about 60lb of lead blocks in my garage. I intercept it from work before they chuck it out.
This is about £30 at today's prices.
I don't use it..
Last edited by snock; 10-05-2009 at 08:20 PM.
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just had our central heating replaced swoped all the copper for lead at our local scrappy odd seemed to have a lot of flashing in the exchange.......
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