Reeder Custom Guns - Thru the years I have reclaimed the lead we shoot into

Gary Reeder
Thru the years I have reclaimed the lead we shoot into
Monday, August 26, 2024, 11:24

rubber 55 gallon tubs here in the shop. After we sift out the lead bullets (and jacketed bullets)I carry them home in 5 gallon buckets that are one third full. The one third full buckets weigh in the vicinity of 225 lbs. For storing in my shop I scoop out about 75 or 80 lbs of the lead and put it into another empty 5 gallon bucket that I set on a dolly. I fill that new bucket up about 75 lbs at a time. I estimated the full 5 gallon bucket weighs around 700 lbs, give or take. This let's me fill up other 5 gallon buckets with the reclaimed lead. I move the 5 gallon bucket on the dolly and move it under my work bench for storage. I have 11 of those 5 gallon buckets full of reclaimed lead. As an estimate each full bucket weighs around 700 lbs and I have 11 of them full of reclaimed lead stored under my bench and I estimate the total weight at around 7500 lbs, give or take. My plan (that never seems to happen) is to spend a snowy day melting all this lead down into ingots. I have one of the 90 lb Magma lead melting pots so I can do quite a bit in a day. Unfortunately that day hasn't come about yet.

Just smart enough to be dangerous... - WB, 2024-08-26, 08:33
- WB , it's only lead, no need to worry, LOL (nm) - Sean Harper, 2024-08-26, 09:13
  - That might have bent something! Had I thrown it in. (nm) - WB, 2024-08-26, 09:42
    - If you can pick up and throw a 2100 lb hunk - Gary Reeder, 2024-08-28, 11:34
    - That's why... - AmBraCol, 2024-08-26, 10:25
      - Thru the years I have reclaimed the lead we shoot into - Gary Reeder, 2024-08-26, 11:24