Hi,
Before pulling out catalogs and being surprised about shipping costs - check out your "local" scrap metal (recyclers) - lead is often found at these places and at a better price.
Be well,
DBN
--- On Tue, 4/26/11, Nick Andrews <nickjandrews@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Nick Andrews <nickjandrews@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Re: Making bullet molds and casting your own bullets from scrap...
To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 6:08 PM
Yeah, I do seem to recall that. But where the hell do you get lead wire
from?
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Pierre Coueffin <pcoueffin@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
> My girlfriend's grandfather casts a lot of dwnrigger weights using
> tire-weights. He uses 2-part steel molds, with alignment pins to
> keep the halves from shifting. He likes to let the mold heat up over
> the crucible of lead before pouring, to make the lead flow better.
>
> Did you see the article a year or so back about swaging bullets from
> lead wire in either HSM or MW about a year back? It is very
> interesting stuff.
>
>
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Nick A
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