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Where in the world is a good place to find some lead? I need some to melt down into rounds for the dubya and i can't think of any places to get some... :/ any ideas?

Thanks- Brog

If I were you, I would try going to a tyre place and ask for some used lead weights that they use to balance wheels. They will probably sell you some used ones cheaply.

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shipyard if you got one or maybe a scrapyard

Tire shops are usually the best. Go to a mom and pop store (not a major chain) first, then hit the franchised stores. Offer to buy it by the bucket; you might be able to get a 5 gallon bucket full for $20.00. If not, then offer $.20/lb for whatever they have.

i was thinking more about places around the house that might contain a lot of lead... but thanks 8D

Don’t know about you, but ‘round my house the pellet trap is always a good place to look for lead… actually you can find lead just about anywhere in my house from all the pellets I’ve dropped…

im not sure if its really lead but an old airsoft gun i had a a bunch of wieghts in it and a couple pounds from a hammer turned em into pancakes. that might work

fishing sinkers.

Tire weights, OLD plumbing drains(try your local city works department), x-ray departments (pipe mills, hospitals, etc.), shooting range.

Go to a good fishing shop and get some downrigger balls. The cheaper 12lb balls are like 15 bucks.

Air rifle pellets? May be a bit pricey, though.

TurboSuper wrote:Air rifle pellets? May be a bit pricey, though.

Indeed, why pay for lead that has been processed to fairly tight tolerances, only to rearrange it?

Insomniac wrote:If I were you, I would try going to a tyre place and ask for some used lead weights that they use to balance wheels. They will probably sell you some used ones cheaply.

hey i got 220lb of those for free and they have melted it down before so those steel things are not in them anymore..

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lol nice one bob, but i'd hit tire places as well, they always have some