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.
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Reclaimed Lead Shot?
Started by
cadman
, Jan 16 2012 09:11 AM
8 replies to this topic
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cadman
Advanced Member
Posted 16 January 2012 - 09:11 AM #2
pirkfan
Member Posted 16 January 2012 - 09:33 AM
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.
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smalljaw
Advanced Member
Posted 16 January 2012 - 09:56 AM
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.
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Elken
Member Posted 16 January 2012 - 12:04 PM
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.... #5
Gloomisman
Advanced Member Posted 16 January 2012 - 03:13 PM
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.
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softworm
Member Posted 16 January 2012 - 11:43 PM
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.
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Jig Man
Advanced Member Posted 17 January 2012 - 09:12 AM
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.
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archeryrob
Member
Posted 17 January 2012 - 05:49 PM
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 by archeryrob, 17 January 2012 - 05:49 PM. #9
cadman
Advanced Member
Posted 17 January 2012 - 06:35 PM
Hey guys Thanks for all the input.
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