The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - Lead and temptation.

Lead and temptation. (reply)

Rod M — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:31:27 +0000

I work part time as a Range Officer at a public indoor range. (100 meters indoors, even!) They clean the lead out of the berms every August. This last August they had 50 drums after cleaning 3 of 4 bays - I don't know how many they ended up with. Anyhow, I have 5-5 gallon buckets I was allowed to pull out of one of the drums. I just got a lead furnace and 230 LRN mold, and today I'm going to start melting lead.

Rod M

No dirt, no stones, just bullets. I assume though.. (reply)

Mark — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:21:41 +0000

That's how they did it at the local range near my home. The lead "scrap" was included in the price.
Mark

Probably so, but could talk to them, scrap buy price is not (reply)

Cherokee — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:26:41 +0000

as high as the scrap dealers sell price.

No dirt, no stones, just bullets. I assume though.. (reply)

cas — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:03:05 +0000

…that them keeping the scrap is figured into the price of the job.

If that was at my range, one of those would already be in (reply)

Cherokee — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:02:18 +0000

the back of my truck. Hope they offer them to the club members. WOW.

Lead and temptation. (reply)

Dennis Eugene — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:42:17 +0000

Wow!!! All bullets? With the dirt already sifted out? Man oh man better than a gold mine. Dennis

Lead and temptation.

cas — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:39:25 +0000

My range/club is in the middle of doing lead abatement. Every one of those barrels is chock filled to the top with bullets. Oh momma.

At the rate I cast that would last me a lifetime or three. I do have to wonder how much of it is mine. Also what the retail value of the ammo to fill those barrels is/was.