FS/FT SHEETS OF LEAD...Question

[keebone]

Item Name: SHEETS OF LEAD...Question

Location: Smyrna

Zip Code: 30082

Item is for: Sale or Trade

Sale Price: 1

Trade Value or Items Looking For: Advise

Willing to Ship: No

Bill of Sale Required?: No

Item Description: Looking for some help...Im a general contractor and removed a roof from a property today that was covered with sheets of lead.....my question is does anyone know what the value of this lead would be to anyone who makes there own bullets...Im not even sure that it has any value at all...I have at least 300 pounds of this lead....any help or advise would be appreciated...thanks in advance..

 

[barnfly]

Call the local scrap metal recycler. Definitely has value.

 

[wildmantaz]

That is good soft lead and should go for $.50 to $1.00 a pound easy.

 

[EMC45]

That is good soft lead and should go for $.50 to $1.00 a pound easy.

Beat me to it. That is good for the black powder crowd....

 

[SpeedyR]

the biggest issue with selling lead is knowing what the hardness is of the lead. pure lead (very soft) is usually one price and the black powder people like it for cast balls, but most other users (pistol and rifle shooters) want something that's harder. something where they have an idea of the Brinell hardness of it. Pure lead is around 5, most pistol bullets are more in the 15-20 range. In order to get there, you usually add other alloys but without knowing what the original lead is it's hard to guess...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinell_scale

but for the right price, someone will buy it and figure out what the harness is and go from there. its getting harder and harder to find good sources for lead.