Lead in batteries

What Bill said. I'm lucky because one of my buddies manages a tire store, so I get mine for a box of Krispy Kremes. Now, he said that the recycler was giving them $25 a bucket for the weights. I don't know if that's the national going rate, but I'd be happy to fork over that much AND a box of Krispy Kremes for a five gallon bucket. Ask how much the recycler is giving for a bucket of lead and maybe you can make them a deal.

FWIW, I've been getting about 120 pounds of usable lead out of a five gallon bucket. I find that the wheel weight lead is a bit harder than pure lead, but a .451 ball seats just fine in a .44 revolver. A .454 is a pretty doggone hard push.
 
The stick on weights are 99.5% pure lead. Plenty soft enough for all your muzzleloader needs. Just watch out for the zinc ones.
 
I have cast a few ML bullets from lead that was obtained from a fellow whose relatives used to do roofing. Guess years ago, they used to use lead on the eaves of houses before adding the shingles. Of course they do not do this anymore but he had 5 roll's of this stuff that were somewhere between 18-24 inches wide and about 1/4 inch thick. Each roll weighed about 150 lbs. He wanted to get rid of them and offered me a deal of $20 bucks a piece. I hadnt yet started casting bullets yet but it sounded like a good deal to me so I bought them. I kept one and my wonderful father in law sold the rest for me for what I gave :( for them to his muzzleloading buddies. Need to do some more casting soon but think the roll we kept was about 170 lbs. It should last a while. Have heard of using lead from batteries but thanks to the info above, I'll never try or or advise others to. Thanks
 
Car Batteries.... Run away!

Worse than getting attached with a pointed stick or fresh fruit!
I used to give guitar lessons in the late 80's. 2 of my students father recycled car batteries. Let me be delicate and say it was not hard to tell they were not the brightest bulbs on the tree. They get complaining about regulations and disposal. Some people might be "slow" by nature. I mean to insult to autistic people. (my cousin was so I am sensitive to it). I would not even bother for the small yield you will get from doing this and I do actually think some lead remediation is too stringent. I am also a certified Building Inspector certified for lead, mold, radon, etc.
 
Rufus

Welcome to the crew.

I am with you. I tried it too at about that time. ONCE.

Simply too much trouble, mess, and hazard for the amount of usable lead.

I attribute most of my problems now to that one lapse in judgement.
 
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