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    Anyone here have a good place to buy lead in bulk for a good price?

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    If you want clean lead, I suggest a gun/ammo store. I bought a 25 lb bag of shot about a year ago for 21 bucks. 25 lbs of lead will make a bunch of sinkers/jig heads.

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    Plumbing houses have "pig lead" by the lb. Locally, it's a little over $1.00/lb. right now.
    However, look at any local manufacturing companies. Thanks to my brother, I hit a major score of soft lead, 6 ton to be exact, that I would have never guessed was available. (13) 55 gallon drums of shavings:


    Look to your local recycling places as well - that's where these drums may have ended up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by skiptomylu
    Anyone here have a good place to buy lead in bulk for a good price?
    Look on e-bay. I found my lead there. Search for "soft lead"
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    if you know any asphalt roofers, they use solid lead sheets as liners on ventpipes and other obstacles that come through the roof. I get all of my lead for free from them, you may have to pick off the asphalt, but it comes of easy and the lead is free.

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    Thanks guys I do appreciate the ideas!

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    Your local tire store has old wheel weights that work good. You have to pick the steel clips out after it melts, but the price is right.
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    IB - keep an eye on the newer wheel weights, the ones that are plastic coated to protect the newer wheel finishes. They are very high in bismuth, which makes for a brittle mold. You can check this by squeezing a finished mold - bismuth will appear white until exposed to air, and almost powdery.
    Adding tin to these wheel weights if you ever come across them, eliminates the brittleness.

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