Thread: HELP! Where's the Wheel Weight lead gone?

Originally Posted by Tommy

Sounds like it had some zinc in it

Could be anything in the cheap .22 Rf bullets the match grade .22Rf are top quality lead a friend gave me a bucket
of recovered match stuff from a Smallbore / pistol range also had match Air pellets just needed some tin to cast properly
best lead I have ever used, Hit up your local Smallbore club they usually clean out the back stop yearly they only allow standard
velocity ammo so there should not be much crappy lead.

Originally Posted by shooternz

Could be anything in the cheap .22 Rf bullets the match grade .22Rf are top quality lead a friend gave me a bucket
of recovered match stuff from a Smallbore / pistol range also had match Air pellets just needed some tin to cast properly
best lead I have ever used, Hit up your local Smallbore club they usually clean out the back stop yearly they only allow standard
velocity ammo so there should not be much crappy lead.

The last smalbore club got shut down by the council. Apparently there is one somewhere still in Auckland so I will inquire when we are all out of prison.

Zinc is shit, it's impossible to remove and makes glunky slag every time you melt it. Hard to cast even into fishing sinkers.

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

The last smalbore club got shut down by the council. Apparently there is one somewhere still in Auckland so I will inquire when we are all out of prison.

Zinc is shit, it's impossible to remove and makes glunky slag every time you melt it. Hard to cast even into fishing sinkers.

Apparently you can remove it with Sulphur. Watched a YouTube vid on it recently. Lot of effort tho and still not 100%

Originally Posted by Jhon

Apparently you can remove it with Sulphur. Watched a YouTube vid on it recently. Lot of effort tho and still not 100%

yes that makes sense, the fumes would be horrible not to mention the damage to your smelter.

Sounds like its becoming wheely hard to come by