What would you pay for lead ignots?
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Arkansas Paul
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I get $1.25/lb if I meet locally.
If someone wanted to pay for shipping, that's what I would charge still.
I never have any problems getting rid of it.
If someone wanted to pay for shipping, that's what I would charge still.
I never have any problems getting rid of it.
AABEN
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I would think a man could find a lot of lead after the big storm hit the NJ and that part of the US. Still some in New Orleans from wrecked sale boats. I got all of my lead from free wheel weight 300 Lb and some free pure lead 100 Lb +
41 Mag
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If you can take a chunk to one of the local salvage yards that might have an analyzer and find out just what it is you will have better results selling it. Not saying it won't sell but if it is of a particular or known alloy it might sell better.
I purchase most of mine and it is usually between $65-70 for a medium flat rate shipping box containing 60-70 pounds of lead.
Be advised however you need to package it VERY good to avoid shipping catastrophes. I have had it show up in those white plastic mail boxes, with the original box all busted to pieces.
The best I have received is usually poured into angle iron ingot molds. The sizes vary depending on who I get it from but they usually fit very well inside the boxes and with a couple of added pieces of cardboard on each side to keep them from moving they ship just fine.
Some I get is from small angle iron molds and they package them inside the small flat rate boxes, then put those inside the medium flat rate to ship. With the right size angle iron mold you can stack them to almost solid inside the SFRB's and almost have 20# per small box.
When you tape up the boxes use plenty around the ends first then go around the whole box covering the end wraps. This helps to add strength to the sides as well.
Hope this helps.
I purchase most of mine and it is usually between $65-70 for a medium flat rate shipping box containing 60-70 pounds of lead.
Be advised however you need to package it VERY good to avoid shipping catastrophes. I have had it show up in those white plastic mail boxes, with the original box all busted to pieces.
The best I have received is usually poured into angle iron ingot molds. The sizes vary depending on who I get it from but they usually fit very well inside the boxes and with a couple of added pieces of cardboard on each side to keep them from moving they ship just fine.
Some I get is from small angle iron molds and they package them inside the small flat rate boxes, then put those inside the medium flat rate to ship. With the right size angle iron mold you can stack them to almost solid inside the SFRB's and almost have 20# per small box.
When you tape up the boxes use plenty around the ends first then go around the whole box covering the end wraps. This helps to add strength to the sides as well.
Hope this helps.
Elkins45
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I paid $1.15 per pound for 800 lbs of 96/2/2 commercial alloy last fall and I thought that was a very reasonable investment.
splattergun
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scrap lead at the recycler, .75 lb.
celem
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There is guy on the castboolets forum that will deliver 65 pounds of lead for $1per pound, postage included. I have purchased it and is good, clean salvaged range lead.
zxcvbob
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I'd pay $1 a pound if it's ready-to-use ingots, but I would not buy a bunch of it until I had sampled it; make sure it is usable for bullets and doesn't melt into "oatmeal".
Elkins45
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If you're thinking about Muddy Creek Sam I'm sorry to say he passed away earlier this year. He did deliver some very high quality isotope lead.
There is a lady (The Captain, IIRC) still selling reclaimed lead on Cast Boolets that also delivers quality stuff. There may be other new sellers as well.
Catpop
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My scrape yard pays .012/pound. If I want any, I just advetise locally for .05 more and get all I want.
Elkins45
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Advertise where? In the newspaper?
I tried Craigslist and people kept flagging my post.
zxcvbob
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I bought 300 pounds of lead ingots a few years ago by advertising in craigslist. I advertised 25¢ a pound for lead scrap (no batteries) but I paid 35¢ for this. I did have to drive 50 miles to get it (and 50 miles back)
If people are flagging your post, you're doing it wrong.
If people are flagging your post, you're doing it wrong.
celem
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The seller is jetsfan-24 and he is quite alive. I received lead from him just last week - 18 pounds for $17 including postage. He threw in the extra pound for free. Not sure why.
Catpop
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Reply to ELKINS45, we have a local paper, THE CAROLINA BARGAIN TRADER, that is published weekly at $2. You can sell up to $1500 for free and wtb for free. If you have same type of paper, advertise for 1 week and then wait a couple of weeks or you may be over run with lead.
I had a guy show up with 500 pounds of wheel weights in the truck of his car one night. I knew I was in trouble when I saw him pull in the drive (attitude of car)
I got all kinds of calls locally to buy from 5 pounds to 100 of pounds.
Another sourse is old retired plumbers- old plumbers used a lot of lead--new plumbers use glue!
GOOD LUCK
I had a guy show up with 500 pounds of wheel weights in the truck of his car one night. I knew I was in trouble when I saw him pull in the drive (attitude of car)
I got all kinds of calls locally to buy from 5 pounds to 100 of pounds.
Another sourse is old retired plumbers- old plumbers used a lot of lead--new plumbers use glue!
GOOD LUCK
evan price
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I sell lots and lots for $1 a pound plus flat rate box shipping.
Range scrap, pure, 1.5% tin, or clip wheel weight.
Range scrap, pure, 1.5% tin, or clip wheel weight.
I'm going to chime in here and back up 41 Mag on the suggestion of getting the lead "assayed." Typically by the time I get clip on wheel weights sorted, smelted and cast into ingots I'm looking at about .68 per pound +/- however much zinc and steel I've got in the original purchase. Now, having said that...
The clip on wheel weights are ready to cast boolits with after smelting with the addition of NO other alloys for hardness or ease of casting. On the other hand that .68 per pound also cost me a considerable amount of man hours for sorting and smelting. If somebody had a known alloy that didn't have to be messed with I'm sure that it could be moved for $1.00 to $1.25 per pound no problem. But I wouldn't pay even the .68 per pound for an unknown alloy that I might have to experiment by adding who knows how much antimony or tin to it.
Find out what it is before trying to move it. If it's pure lead it's not worth as much as an alloy that is already at the correct percentages. Chances are that if it came out of sailboat keel it might be pretty pure stuff.
The clip on wheel weights are ready to cast boolits with after smelting with the addition of NO other alloys for hardness or ease of casting. On the other hand that .68 per pound also cost me a considerable amount of man hours for sorting and smelting. If somebody had a known alloy that didn't have to be messed with I'm sure that it could be moved for $1.00 to $1.25 per pound no problem. But I wouldn't pay even the .68 per pound for an unknown alloy that I might have to experiment by adding who knows how much antimony or tin to it.
Find out what it is before trying to move it. If it's pure lead it's not worth as much as an alloy that is already at the correct percentages. Chances are that if it came out of sailboat keel it might be pretty pure stuff.
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