Lead jackpot!

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Lead jackpot!

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I was in our shop at work today, and the materials guy was trying to move a huge heavy roll of sheet lead around. Wanted my help to get it to the dump box! Of course I told him to take a break and I'd handle it for him myself! This was thin sheet lead for walls of Xray rooms, and after cutting the roll into 4 sheets and rolling them up again, I was finally able to get it into my truck.
I figured there must be 400 lbs. of good clean, pure lead there! Looks like I'm set for another winter of casting!
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Very nice... no roofing tar to mess with either. 8)
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:D GOOD ON YOU !! :D
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You lucked into that one. I keep waiting for some to fall into my lap but its been a while.
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vbg :mrgreen:
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In case anyone missed the significance of this - 400 lbs would translate to

2.8 MILLION GRAINS....!

That's at least 5,000 of the biggest bullets I've ever seen, or 10,000 ordinary ones, or....
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Holy shnikies! That's 14,000 200gr bullets. :shock: Nice score!
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marlinman93 wrote: This was thin sheet lead for walls of Xray rooms, and after cutting the roll into 4 sheets and rolling them up again, I was finally able to get it into my truck.
Congrats, but... do you have a gieger counter? Perhaps your bullets will be a tad more deadly than most! :shock: :wink:
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Naw, this is a new roll that was never installed. :D
And to top it off, my gun dealer called when I got home and said my new Marlin arrived! Only the 2nd. new gun I've ever purchased! (I know, not a classic lever!)
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That's a relief!

I can see it now. "Val must have just finished up casting."

"How can you tell?"

"He's glowing again!" :shock:
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Congrats!! That sure beats the tire weight that I found on the street two days ago!
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Man, you lucky dog!

:mrgreen: - with envy!!!!!
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That will make a few balls for that new Alamo caplock rifle too.
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JerryB wrote:That will make a few balls for that new Alamo caplock rifle too.
Yep! Got my .375" round ball mold, and my .375" hollow base bullet mold both today! Gonna be a busy weekend casting bullets and balls for the ML rifle!
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