Casting Lead is scarce around these parts - where can I git me some?

Yeap, the boot is where we stash the shine here in the backwoods of eastern Nauf Car o lina.

Quick follow up. If you do find an interest in WW from me, please know that They are all in some form of ingot. The 1lb are what a lot of folks like but if you want a larger ingot just let me know. Just send me back what ever the postage is on the stuff. I wanted to start casting with copper. Not for a lack of the stuff but talk about starting a new hobby!

I belong to a local gun club and we have an indoor range. Myself and a crew of another seven spent an entire morning cleaning out the area behind the targets of the indoor range. Bullets ricochet into a collecting area. We had 25 buckets of lead. I'm not sure what we do with them but you may want to check any place that has an indoor range.

I used to get Pb from scrapyards 20 years ago, but I took a long break from casting and when I resumed I discovered none within driving distance will sell it to the public anymore.

If I knew then what I know now I would have filled my garage with wheelweights 20 years ago.

As a noob, I purchased on eBay after studying that source for a couple of weeks for a good deal. Best I found was raw wheel weights for (presmelted over $1.50 per lb. After smelting came out to about $2 per lb. THAT IS ABOUT THE BEST YOU WILL FIND ON EBAY. I am a member now of Cast Boolits. They often have lead for sale for $1 per lb smelted, ready to go. It's a no brainer. My local sources have dried up a while ago. Tire shops, junk yards etc... none of them will sell you any lead. All of them have "contracts" with opportunists who distribute. Even the one public range has a contract with someone. They give you that crap "insurance" excuse. Oddly the thing I can find is tin. Evidently people around here haven't caught on as to how valuable tin is yet. Shhhhhhhh. It is actually worthless junk. Take it off their hands for about twenty five cents a pound.