Gary Reeder
I have about 4000 lbs in lead that I am trying to find a
Saturday, April 18, 2026, 15:14

cheap way to ship it. I have been using a large blue 55 gallon drum filled with sand to test fire in. We shoot it with a target taped to the side of the drum. The drum is a hard plastic drum so no danger of bullets glancing off. The drum is extremely heavy with the sand in it and after a month or so the drum is filled mostly with expanded bullets and 4 men can barely slide it. We then shovel out the sand into another drum or into several 5 gallon buckets. We put a piece of wire mesh over the 5 gallow buckets as we are shoveling it out. This way all that is in the 5 gallow buckets is bullets. Half of a 5 gallow bucket is over 100 lbs and I have maybe a dozen buckets that we have collected the spent bullets in.
I have a 90 lb melting pot that I get a wild hair from time to time and want to melt some of the spent bullets.I pour the lead into a bunch of ingot molds. I skim all the brass and dirt off before I pour the lead into the molds. It takes most of an afternoon and at the end of the day I have maybe 50 lbs of clean lead.
Once I get a further along I will post the lead on here at a good price.