bowtiebandit
Active Member
Anyone have a use for them?
Have about 5 5 gallon buckets of them.
Have about 5 5 gallon buckets of them.
Lead wheel weights
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h2u
Village Idiot
Probably the reloaders. I think you mix them with antimony....Just guessing.
I have read they are great for reloading. I think I read you don't even really need antimony if you are just shooting something like .45 Long Colt at low speeds (below 900 ft/s I think) and you can get away with quick cool hardenning or something.
xd40c
Business Owner-Gun Toter
Can you recycle them?? 25 gallons of lead ought to weigh a fair amount. I handle a lot of scrap copper. Turning it in to cash is where my fun money comes from.
Flash
Active Member
Whew, wish you lived close. I'd take them off your hands for sure.
organized_mayhem
Legend in my own mind
Same here. I work in a shop that deals with tractor trailer tires. I get my hands on all the old weights I can. Got a small stockpile of them.
303_enfield
Ultimate Member
It's great for casting. Now, if your coming to OC I'd take them off your hands 
ATB
ATB
Adams74Chevy
Hits broadsides of barns
Should be good to make blackpowder bullets with. My dad has 30 pounds or so of lead sheets from a construction job he was on years ago. We have 2 large peanut butter jars full of "maxi-hunters" and a large jar full of .44 or .45 for his BP Navy revolver, plus sinkers 
(we'll be in the news soon for lead poisoning 
)
(we'll be in the news soon for lead poisoning )
E.Shell
Ultimate Member
(Lead alloy) wheel weights typically run about 95.5% lead, 4% antimony and about 0.5% tin, but will vary, since there is no "standard".
Hardness varies with the exact alloy ratio, but will typically run about 10 on the Brinell Hardness Scale ("BHN"). Pure lead is about 5 on the same scale.
These are great for casting material and well worth scarfing up by anyone who is interested in casting rifle/pistol bullets. They cast well and are not bad for low pressure cast bullet loads "as is" , like the .45 Colt mentioned above.
If one wants to load them for rifle bullets or high pressure handgun rounds, one should/can add enough tin to bring it up to par with the Lyman alloy, which runs about 15 BHN and even a touch harder might be better for rifles.
As they are, they will cast much too hard for direct loading muzzleloaders, which typically specify pure lead (5 BHN). I made that mistake myself and wound up with a few hundred beautifully cast maxi-balls that would only load with LOTS of effort, and even at that, I probably shouldn't have used them. You could cut them with pure lead to reduce the Sn/Sb/Pb ratio and make use of them, but, by the time they're cut far enough to soften them appreciably, you've added a lot of lead.
Hardness varies with the exact alloy ratio, but will typically run about 10 on the Brinell Hardness Scale ("BHN"). Pure lead is about 5 on the same scale.
These are great for casting material and well worth scarfing up by anyone who is interested in casting rifle/pistol bullets. They cast well and are not bad for low pressure cast bullet loads "as is" , like the .45 Colt mentioned above.
If one wants to load them for rifle bullets or high pressure handgun rounds, one should/can add enough tin to bring it up to par with the Lyman alloy, which runs about 15 BHN and even a touch harder might be better for rifles.
As they are, they will cast much too hard for direct loading muzzleloaders, which typically specify pure lead (5 BHN). I made that mistake myself and wound up with a few hundred beautifully cast maxi-balls that would only load with LOTS of effort, and even at that, I probably shouldn't have used them. You could cut them with pure lead to reduce the Sn/Sb/Pb ratio and make use of them, but, by the time they're cut far enough to soften them appreciably, you've added a lot of lead.
nicholst55
Member
smores
Creepy-Ass Cracker
I work as security for a certain power company... guess what the main target for thieves is? The storage/scrap yards....
trapture
Surplus Rifle Lover
Works great for Fishing Weights and Blackpowder Rounds
bowtiebandit
Active Member
Just finished soring through what was left 3..5 gallon containers weighing 150 lbs a piece.
nicholst55 has first crack at them for his post in the classifieds.
nicholst55 has first crack at them for his post in the classifieds.
Polecat
R.I.P.
Wheel Weights
Any left? Keep me in mind if more develop.
Any left? Keep me in mind if more develop.
bowtiebandit
Active Member
Bringing this back up..before I got sick I started this and still have about 300 lbs or so I think. About 100 lbs are like the pic...each muffin is about 2.5 lbs..the rest are in 8.5 by 11 sheets ranging from 10 to 35 lbs and I can melt them into muffins if necessary. Both have been melted twice to get as much pureness as I could.
1.00 a pound plus shipping..I can ship 60 lbs through USPS for 9 bucks I believe..shipped off 120 to Washington for less than 20.00..
1.00 a pound plus shipping..I can ship 60 lbs through USPS for 9 bucks I believe..shipped off 120 to Washington for less than 20.00..
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SigMatt
Ultimate Member
I will probably be willing to take a good amount of that off your hands and I can pick up. Let me get back to you later today.
Matt
Matt
i'd be interested in a couple muffins or sheets - somewhere around 10-20 pounds i think
