lead supply

any one know if fedreal bullets are cast or swaged, i been mining lead from the local range
and would like to use it to swage bullets, im not sure if the reclamed lead is ok, i don't have a lead test kit.

i only take the bullets that have jackets on them.

Thanks

all jacketed bullets are swaged. and its pretty soft if not pure they will definitely be ok for swaging.

yep...save all the used jacketed bullet lead for swaging,everything else for casting

Hi an update on range lead, i tryed to swage some of the lead i mined from my loacl range, the lead was to hard,
not sure if something i did when i melted it or what.

when i cut a piece of the lead the cut piece went fiying across the room like a bullet, maybe i should take my cutters to the rainge.

this is my first time casting anything so meybe it's the way im doing the casting, PLEASE HELP.

Did you happen to melt all the recovered bullets together? I never mix the cast bullets and the jacketed bullets. Don't add any other lead alloys in either...

So far, the lead I have recovered from the jacketed bullets has been soft enough to swage with.

I picked out all cast bullets, i used only jacketed bullets, i have about 45 lbs of lead i melted and about another 15/17 lbs to melt, dont know what i will do with all that hard lead as i don't cast bullets just cores for swaging.

i found some soft lead that my wifes brother gave me and it softer the the range lead.

Thanks for the reply.

If it is too hard to swage with ,I suggest pouing it into ingots and selling it off...then buy softer lead to swage with.

Thank's, i thiink i well do that,e- bay is the only place i can think of, other then this site.

Thank's for the reply.