I've Been Collecting Range Scrap Lead Wrong! 255LBS./30MIN.

[@OtisENGINEuity]

so it's not that you've been doing it wrong, you've just been going to the wrong range

[@davisjames8484]

yup

[@thunderhorse9974]

True

[@calvinpotter3028]

I was gonna say the same

[@ElijahDecker]

There's lead in them there hills.

[@Keeping_it_reel]

What about oil? 🦅🇺🇸

[@mack.g92]

Most ranges in my area dont alow this as they use the lead as revenue. Every decade or so there is a company that comes out and mines the berms. Last take I remember hearing was over 300k.

[@pontusandersson4467]

1 minute in - "why am I watching this?" 5 minutes in - "why am I still watching this?"

[@therealrobbdee672]

Why watch it???? U bought ammo lately??

[@tavindehart1941]

@@therealrobbdee672 it’s getting worse

[@therealrobbdee672]

@@tavindehart1941 ur telling me! I've been strapped as is... can't even afford to procure any overpriced mutions rn

[@BloodAsp]

Step 1: Find a range filthy with lead.

[@plowmaster1206]

Any state job range will do

[@Penultimate_Jive]

Problem 1: Guns are banned in my country.

[@BloodAsp]

I say ban people.

[@Penultimate_Jive]

MoPro Uploads That doesn't sound too good.

[@russg1801]

No, Step 1 is find a range where nobody's shooting!

[@BonesTheCat]

I love how excited you guys are. Take what you need for a year and do it in one run. OThers will eventually see what you're doing if you do it too often.

[@igotstoknow2]

I use a a strong magnet. Haven't found anything yet but it's easy to use.

[@OfficialMageHD]

Well lead doesn't stick to magnets so you won't find any lead doing that.

[@kalikasurf]

+mage7206 you took the bait on that? I guess his magnet DOES work!!

[@OfficialMageHD]

kalikasurf After reading more than 30+ comments of people saying to use a magnet its hard to tell who is actually serious anymore.

[@kalikasurf]

+mage7206 yea, youtube comments continually challenge my belief that 'nobody could be that stupid' but.....then someone else comes along and proves me wrong. So i can see how you weren't sure if he was just another dummy.

[@OfficialMageHD]

kalikasurf :P that and its so hard to tell some jokes through writing due to how we as people talk when telling jokes xD "lost in translation" I guess :3

[@austinhirsch5999]

Doesn't want to hurt himself, lifts with back.

[@brothercody7338]

Some lbs will be lost because of scrap, dirt, and rocks, but if it was pure then 255 lbs of pure lead translates to 14,395 9mm 124 grain bullets. Totally worth it.

[@jacobmyler7689]

Gun Range Owner: "Um sir, why are you taking our rocks?" CountryBoyPrepper: *heavy breathing* "Dis here be pure lead." Gun Range Owner: "Sir I'm going to have to ask you to stop stealing dirt from the traps, we need those to catch the bullets. Thats how gun ranges work." CountryBoyPrepper: *slightly increases speed towards truck perspiring heavily* Gun Range Owner: "Sir?.. Si-" CountryBoyPrepper: "I GON BE READY! YALL SEE! YALL ALL SEE!"

[@bmoneymasta]

You forgot to add in "I KNOW MY RIGHTS!"

[@jacobmortimore]

'MERICA its a free country boyy

[@solarisseven6969]

Jacob Myler I just bout choked on my biskits and musterd.ummmhmmm

[@connorlenhardt3369]

Jacob Myler fuck off

[@Esko_Vasya]

Connor Lenhardt issa joke

[@paulhatch7759]

You might try directly under the steel targets. They deflect the lead straight down. Good vid.

[@nathanhill6042]

True but it’s usually dust at that point

[@glaucouswingedgull]

Having never done it, naturally I feel entitled to give instruction: I’d use a flat nose shovel.

[@alexterrel9594]

One of those big barn shitty hay shovels!

[@Dryphu]

Metal snow shovel lol

[@thomassmida4679]

You ever tried digging with a flat nosed shovel? Don’t work out that well!

[@jasonnealey8325]

Me , never done it but have advise. Bring a rake to resurface the berm face so you are certain not to leave any divots .

[@dirtydan3029]

​@@Dryphu"he gone done break his back doin that" ~ somebody Lead is heavy!

[@js-gy4tz]

Hello: The one thing I got from you video was how you respect the range back stop as a life long bullseye shooter I do the same but never dig out the back stop. Good job for passing it along, sadly I wish more reloaders were like you. Keep up the good work and you have made me proud Thanks

[@flysubcompact]

I'm the last one to be a safety ninny, but lead oxide dust scares me more than smelting. I bet that dry soil is loaded with oxide dust. You really should wear a respirator and gloves.

[@marko2118]

Im just wondering why it took you that long to figure it out? When I read this title I thought your were going to have a better way than the way everyone does it.

[@Jeff-mn1uq]

marko2118 im just wondering why you ignored him say he's had the sifter but but wasn't able to use it before

[@Brucie7702]

Theres an air rifle range near where i live in the uk. Each week they clean the range and they usually get 4-500kg of scrap lead. It fills 3-4 wheelbarrows. They sell each for £250 to a company that turns them back into pellets. I cant get any from there however i live near a place named yorkshire where there are hundreds of old lead mines and if you go near them you can find lead ore rocks that weigh close to 100kg. I want to go all around my country one day and get all the metals from different regions. Such as copper from wales, silver from scotland, tin from cornwall, lead from yorkshire, gold from wales and scotland, iron from lancashire and iron from the lake district. Great video man

[@smokeybear390]

remember kids for maximum lifting power, always exclusively use your back

[@Rattlerjake1]

Try using a plastic leaf rake first to rake the surface lead into small piles; makes it even quicker! Also a small hand truck for moving the buckets off the range.

[@chaoticgoblin9]

you should get a utility cart to hold the buckets

[@CountryBoyPrepper]

+imthatsmell7 That is a great idea! I need a dolly.

[@agentnuget]

CountryBoyPrepper go to Sam's club and buy a collapsible wagon, they hold like 200 lbs I think. Or buy the metal one at home depot, it probably holds more. You'll find them in the gardening section.

[@richardstrombergoverkill5099]

25 dollar dolly from harbor freight will haul a bucket all day

[@duane2783]

Dude.... So awesome! I can't stop watching these. Looks like you're truly having fun and that's what matter man. Who cares if you're aren't a master reloader, keep it up!

[@MR_R.o.b.o.t.o]

Use a dolley with air up tires. I moved 350 pound stuff in dirt before and it moved quite nicely.

[@TheGribbleNator]

When you get that lead home, grab a large gold pan and you can get the rocks out ridiculously easy while also washing the lead of dirt. It'll reduce your slag and improve the purity.

[@Runescapeguides110]

i just bought mine from an indoor gun range for 25 cents/pound. theres no outdoor ranges like that near me

[@vdog4799]

This video personally taught me how to dig! Thanks again buddy!👍Because of you I got 900 lbs of usable ingots from that method!

[@WCGwkf]

that second load looked more like 80-90 percent rocks

[@stevethesloth7352]

WCGwkf It probably is, but some of the lead is deformed from hitting the steel

[@andreyzagoruyko5390]

No, it actually looked VERY clean. Sure, there are some rocks, but still. Most of the lead will be deformed (depending on hit or miss) and these look EXACTLY like smooth rocks, until you pick one up and feel the weight. They also have a distinct color. New lead is silverish/light gray, old stuff is darker and really old stuff even has a green tint/coating to it.

[@Stargun-vj1uh]

@@andreyzagoruyko5390 plus, it wouldnt really matter if some are rocks anyway right? Wouldnt they also melt just the same, and be decent enough bullet material?

[@capper6100]

Stargun5502 No, the rocks would not melt if thats what you mean. They wouldnt melt and could be easily removed from the top of molten lead.

[@Stargun-vj1uh]

@@capper6100 ah gotcha, neat, i havent loaded any ammo in my life, but i plan to get into it, so i've been wondering on it.

[@ericlaird7508]

Man, oh man!,you got some lead out today brother,love your video's on saving ton's of cash on reloading too!,keep up the great work,I love it!!!...

[@TheKingnathan98]

just a little bit of quick math... 5 gallon bucket approximately 3/4 full is 3.75 gallons. if you had 75% lead, that would be about 2.8 gallons worth of lead. lead weighs 94.8 lbs per gallon. your bucket would weigh 266 lbs in lead alone. I think you may be overestimating the lead content.

[@Thalanox]

TheKingnathan98 Remember the shape of the lead. It's in deformed bullets, so there's going to be plenty of pore space between them. There's also maybe 10-15% detritus they further reduces the lead content. It's still a good haul.

[@MyLonewolf25]

I’d say maybe about 50% lead per bucket max

[@jamesh2385]

TheKingnathan98 2+2 is 4 - 1 thats 3 quick maths

[@Esdeath_0001]

your nans toaster Sauce?

[@scottrussell8139]

who gives a crap,,,, least he is recycling so who gives a rats azz exactly how much it really weights,,, he is doing a great thing

[@flamedrag18]

the best solution I've seen for this is using a gold pan, just scratch into the berm with the pan, fill the pan and shake the pan, the heavy lead falls out of the dirt into the bottom of the pan and the lighter rocks and dirt fly out keep doing it until you're full.

[@williamdawson3353]

Please wear at least a dust mask. The amount of lead dust re introduced during sifting is significant. Thanks for cleaning the earth.

[@Marshall006]

William Dawson it’s actually going right back into the earth at sometime lol, he’s not getting the lead to keep in a jar he’s remaking bullets

[@JDeWittDIY]

You need to make yourself a little combination shovel / sifter. Cut out 60% of the blade of a shovel toward the back of the shovel and cover it with hardware cloth. Then just get one shovelful, sift it right in place, and dump the shovelful of lead right into the bucket. Might need to make little "walls" around the back end of the shovel to allow shaking it and sifting the lead.

[@CountryBoyPrepper]

+J DeWitt DIY That's an interesting idea! Have you ever tried it?

[@JDeWittDIY]

+CountryBoyPrepper I've not tried it. The idea just came to me while watching your video. But I will definitely be trying it when I get a chance!

[@bobsmind007]

I was about to say the range I used to work at the guy that would mine the lead and sell it used the grating from a car grill and used a snow shovel he would mine anywhere from 100-200 pounds of lead per day and that was just from the public pistol line that he worked

[@RobertMorgan]

CountryBoyPrepper Hey, my career in water distribution finally pays off! What you need, and what the above commenter described, is called a "Mud Release Shovel". They're used in trenching for water and sewer lines to remove debris WITHOUT taking water with it. Here is a great example, and you can see how it may really help: www.amazon.com/Mud-Sifting-Square-Shovel-Handle/dp/B006ERODTW Best of luck.

[@fisharneked]

I highly recommend wearing a DUST MASK when digging around lead or any heavy metals. thanks for all your videos.

[@tangoESPECIAL]

Bubba doesn’t care …. Cleans up the gene pool

[@Outland9000]

Have you tried collecting lead from indoor ranges? That's what I used to do, would walk out with 50-100lb of lead in about 2 minutes. Only lead and paper (from the targets) which I would separate by floating the paper off with a water filled bucket.

[@lexwaldez]

Saving money and recycling. Thanks for sharing... might want to watch inhaling any of that that dust though. Disposable gloves might not be a bad idea either. Heh, good exercise too.

[@watahyahknow]

you could make the sifter as a slanted table , shovel the dirt on at the top and while it rolls down the dirt sifts out automaticly , prolly can set it up over the bern while shoveling in the dirt from next to it put a flat funnel on the bottom and set a bucket under it to catch whats rolling of the screen the big blocks of dirt still be in it but you only be lifting the bucket at the end and the weight of the dirt by the shovelload , you prolly can sift that by using a screen that is the size of the bullets but smaller than the clumps of dirt takes a bit to set up but you prolly need to take a hand drawn wagon with you anyway to move the lead off the range think the amound of lead you get out of the range will drop after the first few sifts as the lead prolly been sitting in the berm from a few years of target practice

[@mikeg2632]

Buy some scuba weight brick molds. Melt the scrap down and cast scuba weights, then sell to scuba shops. Lead retails about $5 a pound. You can get about $3 a pound.

[@RobCalhounPGH]

Compare that to what he'd get out of it if he made bullets and balance the value. I'll bet he'd get quite a bit more than just scrap price for the scuba weights too.

[@ferchox117]

@countryboyprepper I have watch your reloading videos about 300 times all of them. I have like them all and I am subscribed to your channel, and Today I decided to go out to my public range and started to collect shells,. anything that I could find and I will start making my wooden grill like yours to start picking up some led. Thank you for all the work and the kindness of yours to share your methods of reloading.

[@AJ-ku7nm]

You honestly telling me you never once thought of using a sieve to collect small objects from dirt in the two years you were picking the bits up by hand?

[@chrism7067]

Uhh, listen to him. He made that originally but the other 2 ranges he was at were not sifter friendly, probably because the ground was flat and packed and the lead was laying on top.

[@AJ-ku7nm]

+Chris Murff and all for about $120 once you take off all your costs smelting ect. Based on 0.40cent a pound. this is waste of the mans effort and determination of witch he clearly has plenty.

[@chrism7067]

+Aaron Jay was he trying to make money? i thought he was using it to make stuff and eventually his own ammo

[@AJ-ku7nm]

+Chris Murff casting it back into bullets is just as big a waste of time when you think how cheap and plentiful they are. The guy should use his time more productively. Yes everyone should no how to do it but no one needs to make 5000+ rounds.

[@kkirschkk]

one it is fun, I enjoy it, and 2 why don't I need 5,000 rounds? if I shoot a lot [I have dreams of going to the Olympics as a shooter one day] then having thousands of rounds extra will be nice

[@disposophobic]

Glad you found a better range. Take care not to lift too much. You're helping wildlife and the environment too collecting all the lead!

[@JohnNorris411]

Awesome. I would suggest to anyone doing this to wear a decent dust mask, you do not want to be inhaling lead dust. Also face downwind so the dust blows away from you when possible.

[@BlindAssault420]

and other people and there kids...

[@maximilian6450]

at the ranges before you could also try dry panning with this method you also would get the lead shot

[@ImRamro]

That is great, the old range I shot at as a kid would have a company come on Sundays and collect buckets of the stuff. It was an indoor range so it was a lot easier.....this is a very smart idea.

[@williamswan9114]

same as you would pan for gold rocker little shift it out for you to have these go to the bottom just wear a dust mask

[@lukewarmwater6412]

I used to pick up range scrap in sacramento ca. at several indoor ranges. in the 80's. the company I worked for added linotype and made bullets. alot of the scrap we picked up were our own cast bullets, so once in a while we would have to add less type.

[@1OldWriter]

If you use a square point shovel and a hard tooth rake and level out after you finish it'll look better than when you started. Just take a couple of inches of dirt and replace it after you sift it and you'll get nearly all of what is in that soil.

[@wilstandridge7388]

Research drywashing for gold and the gear they use, it may be to your benefit.

[@BIG77BUBBA]

I take Hudson sprayer full of water a garden rake shovel and a sifter for all the range that I get when I put the range back together or use a Hudson sprayer the water to pack it down a little bit

[@JMan-gm2iw]

Couldn't you scoop with the sifter?

[@CornDogShaun]

Did you consider the variables: >The new range is untapped by you or other scrap collectors, >The new range may have more frequent shooters, >Easy to sift dirt just increases speed, not yield, >The steel targets account for a higher yield, >The type and amount of rocks between ranges can directly affect the gross weight being measured, >The range you visit is specifically a pistol range, with limited spread of lead, and the steel targets help force general directions for collection. THIS IS NOT HATE IN ANY WAY!!! I appreciate the video, and I have liked and subscribed! Just wondering how strictly "Scientific Method" you guys went, or if it was just a direct comparison of gross yield at different ranges. Thank you for the video!

[@buckeyeimaging]

nice haul! just think, all those pebbles you take home won't be there next time...

[@RobertMorgan]

True, but the rocks in your head will be there forever.

[@HalenTaylor02]

@@RobertMorgan5 years later and I’m dying from this comment

[@jofloresz]

Walmart or academy sells these foldable carts you need to get one and you need to make a shaker holder with large wheels and you can just shake it. and if you make it level with your truck sell there you go just slide the buckets off your table to your truck. if you make the table with a screen then you will need a 3/4 inch bottom for your table! Great video thanks for sharing!!

[@frijoli9579]

That's cool. Do a video on processing this! Look into a sluice box.

[@RimWulf]

ever tried "dry panning"? like panning for good except with led and your doing it without water. But anything smaller than a buck shot may or may be lost unless you decide to use water.

[@petekinne2702]

probably a hand dolly at the range office for loading ammo... hope you tried that. save your back! great vid.

[@kodaspaws]

If you don't mind the suggestions, you're doing it the hard way. Panning, or sleuthing is the best way, but you need to set up tow or three filters, to get rocks and junk. Start with a large wire at the top on a 45' degree angle, then the lead catcher on a 15' decline, then a fine mesh warped form set up on a deeper 45' degree. Attach four legs to hold it all in place. Then attach an orbital sander to the structure. Plug it in. Use a brush to clear away debris.

[@camouflagewarriors5512]

awesome job, but knowing u just had torn ACL SURGERY, your son should of helped u get it into the truck alittle easier

[@HanSwolo]

I know this video is several years old, but I tore my acl twice and had several surgeries in 2015 and I was cringing so hard when you were walking and carrying that huge bucket.

[@TheRedneckprepper]

You are the range scrap king bro !

[@CountryBoyPrepper]

+Theredneck Prepper LOL!

[@brendennel9939]

hey man i couldn't hear the club name someone in the back round was taking a line of coke.

[@terrypeters4931]

Hey CBPrepper I like the video I used to get scrap your way. I just found 2 Indoor ranges in my area and they have a unlimited amount of range scrap. I get 2 tons from them every month I bought 80 5 gallon buckets with lids from a local store. I then built a 300 pound propane melting pot for the lead to make ingots. My brother in law has come to help me make ingots the best thing is It has no dirt rocks trash brass steel or loaded rounds only spent rounds and copper jackets. which I have a furnace and melted down into ingots and sold to a recycler. Your a great source of info but I wanted to pass it on to you about the indoor ranges. Keep the faith Keep shooting Keep recycling. Terry

[@garrettyoung3754]

OH FOR FUCK SAKE LIFT WITH YOUR KNEES!!

[@tysonthekhajiit3015]

NO!!! GET SOMEONE TO LIFT IT FOR YOU lol jk

[@mysticwolf2842]

This is where a yard wagon would come in very handy, you can pack a few buckets on the wagon and haul it off.

[@TetroLancer]

was this not kind of obvious...

[@quintonvink3251]

paxfullseller -skoldmf and he has a torn muscle too

[@miked815]

Common sense is not something everyone has

[@DanielJPowell1]

Great idea! Have you thought of putting a couple legs on the long sides to support the weight while sifting?

[@ZoruaZorroark]

i do hope you guys got one of those radio flyer wagons after this video.

[@CountryBoyPrepper]

I need to get a dolly.

[@chrisw46360]

wagon with bottom cut out and screen put in, sifter on wheels

[@AusiKifaru27]

Build a frame for your tray to lift it off the ground. That way a lot of dirt will sift through as you shovel it in. Then you can just shovel it back to the berm, which is easier work than shaking a heavy tray. I'm fortunate enough that the range I collect from in my part of Australia has been open since before WWI. On the older berms you have to dig through the lead to find dirt. And no one collects it here. Pistol ranges are best, as you've discovered. The projectiles don't penetrate into the soil like rifles do. I only use range scrap for my .45-70 and I have more than I could probably ever shoot in my life time. I'm more interested in getting pure lead which I'll use to cast for muzzle loading and perhaps a subsonic .300 Blackout down the track. Jacketed .30 cals that expand at low velocity are few and far between, and pricey. A local company here makes a 235gn mould specifically for the Blackout. It has a flat nose which I'll drill out and make into hollowpoints. Anyways, not sure if you still use lead flashing for roof construction over there, but I get a heap of pure lead from roofers. Off cuts, mostly, but when they do replacements, you can get entire sheets that roll up nicely. I've had them so long that the finished diameter of the roll wouldn't fit in one of your buckets. It's a source worth checking out. Anyways, great vid and good to see you having such success. I love smelting and casting as much as I love shooting the finished product.

[@VileStorms]

Can you make a video melting down buckets like that, I think its at least 60% rock

[@JohnDoeEagle1]

It isn't that you were doing it wrong before or that your "method" is so great. You just stumbled upon a range that has been heavily used for 20+ years where NOBODY mined it yet.

[@radius50]

haha the ad that came on before this video was an anti-gun commercial. FYI to the page owner.

[@BradMillsXRP]

adblock will stop all that add watching bullshit

[@Specter0420]

The more people you tell about that the faster it won't work anymore.

[@radius50]

+Specter0420 I know I want him to see if there's a way he can select not to show their ads. I'm Very pro gun and I'm sure the page owner is as well trying to help him get rid of a bad ad

[@NoWinIntended]

Do you know what FYI means?

[@radius50]

+NoWinIntended For Your Information. I was letting him know. For his information

[@jamessween]

This is the first video that I watched from you. And man, that was the smart way of doing it.So I subscribed, Our problem here in Wisconsin is it is hard to make deals with the ranges to go in and collect brass, or dig for lead. They don't want you messing around digging up there range, But they will let you sometimes pick up brass. I just buy my 223s from the military base that I live next to.They charge me 3cents a piece. So I have more 223s then I will ever use in a life time. And it is definitely once fired. I can tell because it looks like brand new, and you have to swage the primmer holes every time. So it is once fired. But keep bringing the videos, I love watching you. And I learn allot to.Thanks! See Ya!

[@CountryBoyPrepper]

Thanks for watching!

[@CountryBoyPrepper]

Thanks for watching!

[@grahamlopez6202]

Never understood doing this. I always just buy more ammo because I'm very very lazy

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

It is a lot cheaper. Dollar per dollar, you can have 5-10x more ammo by handloading versus buying it at the store. Not to mention for some calibers like 40&W, they are underloaded from the factory far below pressure limits. You can get almost 20% more energy loading a full power with handloads, and better accuracy and reliability. The only way handloading will not be worth your time, is if you are paid $30 per hour or more at your job and you could be working during that time.

[@sryth1]

I agree. It’s nice to have the option, but isn’t scrap lead under $1/lb? Several hours digging, sifting, sorting, melting, cleaning, etc just to save even $2/lb (Cabelas prices) seems crazy to me.

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

​ Damien Gregory It takes about 10min to collect 100lb of lead. It takes $1-3 in propane to melt it and 3 hours of actual time (the melt time you can leave to do other stuff) to sift out the jackets and pour the ingots. You would have to be paid basically $30 per hour to make it worth buying over processing scrap. The more involved your processing setup is, you can even get to the point of processing 1 ton of scrap at a time at industrial level efficiency (I haven't gotten to that point but I'm getting close to considering it) The copper scrap can also be sold for about $3-6 per pound to metal working hobbyists on ebay as well, or melted down for your own projects. So there is savings/profit to be had there too.

[@grahamlopez6202]

The calibers I shoot regularly are pretty cheap

[@ALLDR3DG3]

I really feel as a reloader and gun enthusiast over the year or two my range trips come to me bringing more and more gear instead of just ammo, gun, mags, and safety equipment. What size poultry wire/gardening mesh did you use?

[@honestfirecaptain5262]

I like how you are a hero to your son! It's a great thing when this happens!

[@IIGrayfoxII]

How much does lead sell for? I am surprised the range will let you go to the end of a shooting range, even if it is closed due to insurance and what not.

[@nicholasmartin9584]

listening to him breath makes me feel heavy lol

[@dustoin1386]

You can use a pan that is used for panning for gold at the other ranges and get better results also. Dry panning.

[@fall22123]

Not trying to be a troll or safety Nazi but are you concerned about lead exposure? Not just picking through it and handling it with your bare hands but the thing I would be most concerned with is breathing lead dust. Shooting those steel targets surely pulverizes some of the lead. When you're sifting it, you're breathing some of the lead dust. I'm the farthest thing from an expert but it can't be good to breath lead-contaminated dust. Like I said, not trying to ruffle feathers just one dude looking out for another.

[@kratozaku]

kinda makes sense, right ?

[@thefresh2o]

fall22123 and getting it all over his clothes, in his car, back home.... get your lead levels checked.

[@namewitheld]

This. "Preps" for the future. Ignores the present. Doesn't look like he values his health anyway though.

[@godaddy87]

touching it will do nothing. and pulverized lead when shooting steal won't make it into a powered enough to be inhaled but the dirt shifting lead could probably do harm due to lead contaminating the dirt around it when it rains.

[@chuckfinley3152]

fall22123 lead oxide is what you need to be afraid of, and lead vapor when smelting, elemental lead isnt going get you. ive been shooting and casting for years, handling lead with my bare hands. and my lead levels were nill

[@Mrsouthernsurvivor]

A sifter improvement idea.... Look at a shaker box design based on the old gold mining shaker boxes. Then you can move the dirt back with a rake and it will look like a smooth sand trap at a golf course. Just an idea. You guys do a great job on your videos. I have been getting a lot of information from you.

[@lordcarr571]

still doing it wrong. Get a rake, and rake the top 1 inch of dirt down off that bank.... then shovel up your pile.

[@snipper1ie]

I'm thinking of spending a few hours, in the good summer evenings, in an old disused army butt stop, that I helped build, in 1977, to salvage the range lead. I'm wondering, how much lead is to be found in my old Bn range, which has been used since the Boer war, there's an awful lot of lead and copper there.

[@TRprepper]

You found the mother load! Awesome man!

[@CountryBoyPrepper]

+TRprepper Thanks!

[@mrgard23]

+CountryBoyPrepper you're doing the range a service by removing. it lowers the cleanup cost. it reduces the chances of ricochet. Just get with the owner(s) and do a scheduling of small area shut down. you could try getting a larger vibratory table with progressively larger sifting surfaces.

[@stuartmarkman769]

The range I shoot at sells the lead to keep upkeep expenses down so our annual dues are kept down.

[@ThunderChunky101]

Panning it is more efficient than sieving it. Sieve it first then pan it.

[@CountryBoyPrepper]

You've obviously never done this and yes I've seen Cody's video.

[@michaelbenoit248]

You should do the sifting over a large plastic container to catch the dirt to throw more of the dirt further up the hill, so in a way you’re helping rebuild the burm as well as cleaning it. This guy needs a dolly for moving the buckets. Hope y’all bring the old rocks from the range back when you come to get more. I guess it’s being more curtious & if someone walks by it looks good that he’s putting dirt on the brim helping the range.

[@fredeb67]

I think you should ware a mask to protect yourself from the lead dust.

[@michaelpriest6242]

Build a stand for the sifter and lift the berm material to waist height a shovelful at a time instead of lifting 5 or 6 shovelfuls in a single lift. Also, getting it off the ground as you fill it will let most of the siftings fall through immediately. You'll be able to sift 10 or 12 shovelfuls each shaking.

[@daveyboy8907]

Work smarter not harder..good thinking..

[@CountryBoyPrepper]

Need a dolly.

[@TheSon_OfSatan]

Respect to you for trying to replace where you got your dirt from most people wouldn't care also your doing good for the environment. Preps to you also you need a cart or something to lift the buckets so you can fill the buckets fully and lift the easy

[@ivexnation9790]

lol he bleeps out the name, but he's wearing there shirt....

[@TallTexasGMan]

That looked like a 4H Rifle Team shirt.

[@CountryBoyPrepper]

It is lol. I'm a volunteer.

[@asleepinthealley]

You could build a light weight 'rocker' like gold miners used to use to make your job much easier. Just a folding saw horse (for portability) on rockers with a handle for leverage would keep your sifter at waist level. Fast and easy.

[@georgefarrar3000]

"When I go to melt it in my melting pot"

[@NOT-FINANCIAL-ADVICE.]

Crazyhogrider 195 MuH

[@busterhiman582]

DICK

[@Sugarsail1]

If you have water you can use a sluice like gold mining...and you'll get every tiny bit and the dirt comes out clean...you can use a recirculating sluice too if water is short supply.

[@patdennis3751]

Need a particulate mask. There's loads of lead dust in that dirt....

[@lordfifth3885]

It's a shame I just discovered this awesome channel. Love these type of videos.

[@bctruck]

Preppers gold!!!

[@wilerichards9827]

One of grand pa`s use to get used wheel weights from the tire shop he made sinkers.I think the only thing that will limit you is the kind of mold you can make sinkers,bullets, battery terminals. If you figure out how to roll those ingots flashing to.

[@NO-yx6yl]

Use an wide flat electro magnet powered by an atv's alternator/battery while mounted. it'll take you five minutes

[@kainenmattison2987]

You use a magnet to pick up lead?

[@Paintballinmike1]

+Kainen Mattison lead isn't magnetic lol

[@NO-yx6yl]

it is weakly magnetic, but still magnetic, which is why you need a power source

[@Matracokura]

Everything is magnetic to some degree. For an electromagnet you need a power source all the time, otherwise it is not a magnet. And given how weakly lead interacts with magnetic fields, you would need close to MW power. Those kinds of electromagnets you seen in particle accelerators etc. I bet it would not be a viable option to use something like that to pick up lead scraps.

[@MrOlgrumpy]

Yup,get a lead magnet,the greenies will sell you one

[@roysnider3456]

I would try using a leaf rake, maybe a plastic one. As sallow as that lead is I think that would work well that and a square nose shovel.

[@TheHandiest16]

Truffle shuffle!!!!!!

[@dozer1642]

Omg. Goonies!!

[@ChristopherJones16]

he better watch out for that lead dust.. its basically a Boobie Twap!

[@kkirschkk]

would there really be lead dust? I mean it has settled and I don't think bullets are really dusty

[@ChristopherJones16]

The Reeper Youre not a Goonie.. you wouldnt understand.

[@azizzirama7124]

Put a ramp leading up to the flatbed of the truck. 1. Shovel the lead on a wheelbarrow. 2. Drive the wheelbarrow on top of the flatbed. 3. Empty the contents of the wheelbarrow onto the tarp covered flatbed. 4. Rinse and repeat. Test how much lead you can safely transport with the wheelbarrow up the ramp and adjust your trips as needed.

[@BenTheBondsman]

That's pretty neat. Does the range care if you do that?>

[@CountryBoyPrepper]

I have permission. He's a friend.

[@BenTheBondsman]

cool

[@Dragonspeaksopinions]

CountryBoyPrepper Do you think that if I asked to do that at a range they would let me?

[@STE4LYOURFACE]

Dragonspeaks just keep asking, you'll probably find one that'll let you.

[@Dragonspeaksopinions]

***** First range I asked let me and my buddies do this....

[@wrightconnection2204]

Looks like that range has never been cleaned before. You guys got a great deal being able to retrieve the lead for free!

[@scott98390]

First rule of gun club... :-)

[@allengrantham6693]

Put the sieve on blocks when shoveling in the dirt, and a lot the dirt will drop through as you shovel. Saves your back from lifting and shaking. You should have some water to settle the dust. I would suggest a respirator, and a rain suit or coveralls you can remove and toss into the back of the truck to reduce exposure to lead dust. Washing the scrap with water to remove the clay will save a lot of skimming when you melt it.