Lead Plumbing Pipe
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Lead Plumbing Pipe
Is lead plumbing pipe any good for casting bullets? Is so, what is a good price to pay?
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Re: Lead Plumbing Pipe
Should be fine, but you'll need to flux the daylights out of it to clean it up and then work on an alloy to give you the right hardness. As to prices, scrap lead was going for around $0.35/lb last time I checked.
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Re: Lead Plumbing Pipe
Thanks for the response. Figured it to be soft.
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Re: Lead Plumbing Pipe
Extremely soft. But it's workable. I used it with success with .45acp by using wheel weights. It's been years, but I'd guess 50-75% wheel weights running very low speeds.
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Re: Lead Plumbing Pipe
Sounds like it was very easy for you to work with. Might even say...a lead pipe cinch.jeep45238 wrote:Extremely soft. But it's workable. I used it with success with .45acp by using wheel weights. It's been years, but I'd guess 50-75% wheel weights running very low speeds.
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Re: Lead Plumbing Pipe
If you know any black powder/muzzle loader shooters, they'll want that dead soft unalloyed lead!
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Re: Lead Plumbing Pipe
If you want to trade your plumbing pipe for some wheel weight scrap PM me.