Getting ready 285 lbs of sinkers

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I know you only need soft lead for the fishing weights which is why I asked. I thought you might have been getting it from old lead pipes, shower pans, flashing, etc.

I'm always on the look-out for lead also, especially wheel weight hardness or better. I use Rotometals Super Hard to harden my scrounged lead up to 17 BHN.


I have melted down hundreds of lbs of shower pans and plumbing pipe and lead flashing.
My lead sinkers are a mix of wheel weights and soft lead.. whatever I toss into the mix.
They stay shiny. Would make excellent bullets also.
Most of my cast lead shooting is on the soft side now, that allows them to bump up quick to the rifle grooves which is handy since most of my loads now are mouse fart loads.
Powder coating eliminates leading even very soft lead at least for me it does.

I did see a place selling lead for pretty decent price ..it is hard lead.

Alaska lead company
http://www.thegreatalaskanleadco.com/services.html

They sell on Ebay also.
 

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