cadman Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Can anyone tell me what this means, or what this is. Is this pure soft lead or a mix of lead alloys. Is it really hard and can it be used for pouring jigs. Any info would be helpful. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirkfan Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 This is just an educated guess but I know that skeet and trap ranges periodically "mine" the ranges at their location to remove the lead (at one ounce per shot it builds up pretty fast). It's going to be a hard lead alloy because soft lead would deform too much in the shot string. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Pirkfan is correct cadman, I got lead from a friend who is into sporting clays and he pours his own shot to practice with and I got lead from him and I don't have to add wheel weights to it, it makes a great jig that is very hard to dent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elken Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I bought some reclaimed shot off e-bay a few years ago to try and melt it down for jighead lead. I was still using a Hot pot then; I had a hard time getting it to melt and it seems like it had a lot of oxidation on it. If I used a bigger cast iron pot and tried fluxing it I might have better luck. Other than the little bit I tried to melt, the box of shot is still sitting out in the shop somewhere.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloomisman Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 pirkfan is right. They clean up the lead from trap ranges. I've been using shot for quite awhile. I melt it down into ingots in a pot then melt it in a pro pot. It doesnt work well if you throw it into the pro pot. It needs cleaned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworm Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I've used it also, be sure and melt and flux it in a seperate pot first. The one's I got were awfully dirty, but made good jig heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Typically the good shot that holds patterns contains antimony. It is a bit harder than lead so it doesn't crush and distort the pattern like the cheap shells do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeryrob Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) Its hard, I melted 20 pounds down and probably threw way 3 or 4 in stuff I floated off. I was able to 1/2 and 3/4 ultra minnows from the bottom pour pot but small footballs where hard and spinner baits very frustrating with cooling too fast. It works great for straight shots like the inline spinner mold. Edited January 17, 2012 by archeryrob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hey guys Thanks for all the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
