check with shotgunners in your area
by bj 
, Saturday, March 09, 2013, 21:27 (4280 days ago) @ Josh M.
I remember over 40 years ago my father and his friends were shooting a lot of trap, and I was doing a lot of reloading for them. They bought a bunch of reclaimed shot one time and as I recall it worked reasonably well, but took some effort to clean the shot before you could use it.
I would think that shotgunners would pay more for the shot than you could buy appropriate lead for. Also I seemed to remember that shot used to contain elements that were not good for your health when you start melting it. I don't know if that is still true or not.
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- Thinking about casting in the future... -
Josh M.,
2013-03-09, 20:20
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- 40 bucks for a bag of shot - Rob Leahy, 2013-03-09, 20:51
- check with shotgunners in your area -
bj,
2013-03-09, 21:27
- IIRC it's arsenic... - rob, 2013-03-09, 22:05
- Thinking about casting in the future... - Cherokee, 2013-03-09, 22:08
- I don't care for shot - Dave B, 2013-03-09, 23:50
- I would certainly use it for casting. - John K., 2013-03-10, 08:03
- Ingots, ready to go. - Andrew, 2013-03-10, 08:47
- If it were me, I would grab all the lead I could -
Rob Leahy,
2013-03-10, 12:08
- I did, and ZOUNDS! it is heavy to arrange when reorganizing - brionic, 2013-03-10, 12:52
- There is a lot of truth in this - Dave B, 2013-03-10, 18:26