[send2r]

i am workin in an old building that used to be an indoor pistol range, among all the old brass i have collected is lead jacketed bullets at the other end. i was wondering if the jacketed bullets could be melted down and the lead used to make round balls. i have read that you should shoot pure lead thru your black powder weapons. we think that there is a ton of bullets there, so what do you think.can i melt them down and reuse the lead?

[arcticap]

The lead can be melted down but it's not ideal to use it for muzzle loading.
The projectiles will be oversized since muzzle loading molds are sized for casting with pure lead.
Some folks don't mind using harder lead balls in smoothbores or for shooting harder bullets with sabots from their inlines.
Some guys at my .22 club do use .22lr lead to cast cowboy type bullets for loading into brass cases.
It might be a better idea to sell the ton of range lead to a scrap lead recycler/dealer and to use the money to buy pure lead for muzzle loading purposes. :)

[send2r]

ok thanks

[alemonkey]

I've used it for cap & ball revolvers with good results, but the balls on those get shaved to the correct size during loading.

[Mike OTDP]

Arcticap is right. Trade the scrap for pure lead.