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<blockquote data-quote="Old Fart" data-source="post: 852082" data-attributes="member: 4899">Doesn&#039;t sound like you should need any lead for a while.All the buckets I ever bought were heavy. If I was forced to guess I would have said probably a couple hundred pounds or more. Of late I&#039;ve been lucky. My father in law gave me a pickup load of scrap lead. It bowed my 3/4 ton pretty good. Fortunately I only live about 7 or 8 miles from him. I wouldn&#039;t have wanted to drive very far with that load on.Now then back to the problem of finding ww&#039;s. As I said earlier most of my luck has been with the little mom &amp; pop outfits. Also check with the little filling stations that are off the beaten path. Salvage yards usually have a pile of scrap lead and ww&#039;s you can pick up relatively cheap. Just gotta get out and look.One other thing to think about. If you&#039;re getting lead and you&#039;re not sure of it&#039;s make-up you&#039;ll probably want to invest in a hardness tool. Lee make a fairly cheap one. I keep a eye out out for linotype or tin to mix back in on the soft stuff to harden it up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old Fart, post: 852082, member: 4899"] Doesn't sound like you should need any lead for a while. All the buckets I ever bought were heavy. If I was forced to guess I would have said probably a couple hundred pounds or more. Of late I've been lucky. My father in law gave me a pickup load of scrap lead. It bowed my 3/4 ton pretty good. Fortunately I only live about 7 or 8 miles from him. I wouldn't have wanted to drive very far with that load on. Now then back to the problem of finding ww's. As I said earlier most of my luck has been with the little mom & pop outfits. Also check with the little filling stations that are off the beaten path. Salvage yards usually have a pile of scrap lead and ww's you can pick up relatively cheap. Just gotta get out and look. One other thing to think about. If you're getting lead and you're not sure of it's make-up you'll probably want to invest in a hardness tool. Lee make a fairly cheap one. I keep a eye out out for linotype or tin to mix back in on the soft stuff to harden it up. [/QUOTE]

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