SCRAP LEAD ( Find ) COLLECT IT "Ingots = bullets"::::::

[@electromech7335]

No wonder I can't find any lead. You've got it all!

[@rick_inflorida]

Ive watched thiss video quite a few times this year and look at my 5 gallon bucket thats 1/4 full and shed tears lol

[@ev5820]

Great video! I appreciate your time and info!!

[@kotklegg3367]

Elvis, you’re the man!!! I’m just now getting into casting my own bullets, and just found a tire shop that’s going to give me my first 5 gallon bucket of lead tire weights!! I’m excited!! Thank you for the tip brother!!

[@MegaCyberleader]

love these videos thanks for the tips. I thought wrecking yard, I never thought of your other ideas.

[@fazegarbageman9106]

I've collected lead from tire stores But as you pour I also hear the non lead weight's as they have a higher pitch ting sound .

[@Boja23]

This is the video I would say was the basis for helping me get into casting. That volume of lead is still shocking to see!! Glad to see Elvis coming out with new videos and continuing the casting passion. The testing on steel plates Elvis did with 223 was awesome, too...and ballistics gel!!! This video in the youtube suggestions brought me back to the beginning of a great hobby and passion.

[@arturoerickson1799]

Grinnin' like a squirrel on a holler log full o' nuts.

[@scw-di4cr]

Hey Elvis, I live in SC too and I can get lead from tire shops as well -- but never more than one or maybe 2 buckets at a time. I think the reason is because you're getting it all! What an awesome haul!

[@elvisammo]

: )

[@skylarupforthe3rdgradeandt556]

Did you just say something about someone hording lead with 3 55 gallon drums in front of you. LOL good job Elvis love your vid's

[@idea999]

2021 here, who’s the dumb one now that nobody can find ammo. This man is a god for being ahead of the curve.

[@JeffinTD]

In my neck of the woods a person would be lucky to find one or two buckets of old wheel weight at $1 a pound.

[@flysubcompact]

Yep. I've tried for years to even pay for them. Always get a No.

[@CCSHOOTS]

Do you add anything to the wheel weight lead before casting or do you just smelt clean and cast bulelts

[@pareloader5989]

Elvis ammo! I found a few tire places near me that hooked me up with 3 5 gallon buckets of wheel weights. So I started going through the first bucket sorting out the lead. Yesterday I did my first ingot casting in my cast iron dutch oven. It went flawlessly. Just like your videos showed me how to do it. Thanks for all your knowledge and your videos! There great! Take care and happy reloading!

[@kendallsmith6395]

Thank you very much! Great information, you sound like a "Real Southern Gentleman", I miss people that had a good raising!

[@blackrifle3742]

boy your stocking up on lead like its gonna be worth its weight in gold someday lol an it just might. love it

[@airsearch1]

Thank You very much for mentioning that website Elvis. That helps a lot.

[@paulgreen1580]

When using wheel weights for casting do you add other materials?

[@elvisammo]

No. I just separate the soft stick on weights.

[@stevec5338]

WOW!!! I miss those days we used to do that every summer for 15 cents a pound.

[@greglaroche1753]

I just found your video on processing wheel weighs. It answers my questions. Thanks.

[@jellybryce7742]

Banning wheel weights, better wood stoves, fun. California sucks living in sometimes.

[@elvisammo]

hey Jelly bryce... all that happens in cali. affects all of us. Im concerned.... fight on.... dont give up or let up!!!! God Bless

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

@@elvisammo Thank you for being one of the few people to say to fight rather than to move. The refugee mindset won't help us in the long run. Support gun owners behind the iron curtains, and gun owners there have to put their time in writing letters, signing the petitions, voting, and educating other gun owners AND non-gun owners. Especially kids. Plenty who can be cultivated into proper patriotic gun owners, we just need to give them the opportunity.

[@andrescrespo3422]

You're welcome. Most definetely gonna check out rotometals. Thanks for the info.

[@gvet47]

Video says it is 6 years old and even at that tire weights had changed snd no longer lead. Wonder what state this is to still allow lead wheel weights? I'd kill for all that lead!💥

[@dring219]

Just seeing this video in Feb. 2024 , how much of that do you have left of that 4500# or are you maintaining that stockpile ? That was an awesome haul though .

[@arcadianrust]

I subscribed because of this video. Thanks man. You're a gentleman and a scholar. Great video

[@bobbyj8044]

Greg Christiansen good editing would take this guy's videos to the next level.

[@djebat88]

Love to have some of them leads for my sinkers. Wow! What a haul!! Great job Mr Ammo!!

[@greglaroche1753]

Hi Elvis, I’ve been collecting range scrap, but since there’s only one range close to me, I’ve gotten about all I can until it builds back up. I’ve been thinking about wheel weights, but have heard that now they are using a lot of zinc and that’s not supposed to be good. I know you made a video on using zinc, but for now I want to stay with lead. How do you know the difference between the two and what happens if a small amount of zinc gets mixed in by mistake? Thanks

[@148DMC]

Great haul Elvis keep up the videos it gives us all incentive to get out there cast those bullets

[@elvisammo]

thanks again 148DMC! !!,I will

[@twoscoops5197]

Great video, and I love your attitude on top of that! Keep it up brother.

[@leadsmith44]

Good haul man! Who would have thought the facemask lol (2021). I keep the soft stamped stickies for round balls and such.

[@preacherbiggin]

you lucky dawg!!! awesome find!!!! one of the best channels on you tube!!!

[@stephenart1849]

Chain tire shops don't give them up but they do drop them and I scrounge them around the shop when closed. Shops at truck stops may give up the trash weights if ask.

[@timothyfarmer7255]

A lot of weight on the suspension of the truck a good way to bust a spring and brake a axle. Make small trips. Good job on your lead making. I've found a same what lead but it's very hard

[@JohnDoeEagle1]

That's a American pickup truck son......looks like maybe a Dodge by the tail lights. It could be a 3/4 or 1 ton truck as well. Not everybody drives Toyota and Nissan garbage. I have a 2002 Ford F-250 Super Duty 4x4 off road, long bed super cab with the 7.3L Power Stroke diesel V8 myself. You ain't gonna "bust" that truck....trust me!

[@nationsofx7182]

I am casting some weights to weigh down a storage chest so no one can pick it up without first opening the chest and removing the weights. This video was incredibly helpful and I appreciate you giving out information on how to acquire lead.

[@outwhitu08]

Ive got 5 tire shops that i pick up from, good haul Elvis, greetings from the Heart of Dixie

[@mikesimpson6757]

That is an amazing haul! Good for you!

[@elvisammo]

thanks Mike Simpson .... it felt really good getting a haul like that! !!! thanks for watching!

[@Captain_Bri]

Another source, watch for older house re-roof, I got a good amount of lead from the old lead vent jacks off roofs.

[@mikesfarmmikesfarm3977]

With powdercoating do we still need more than just wheel weights for hardness for 1000fps ?

[@elvisammo]

Wheel weights are the very best in my opinion he has everything you need

[@64samsky]

Dang you Elvis, now I'm going have to get into another hobby. Good video!

[@ThePewLife]

I know you won’t see this Elvis, since you’ve been MIA on KZbin go so long (I don’t blame you) But because of your videos, I have collected over 4200lbs of lead since 2019 probably. That is in ingot form ready to go. I even bought the mini loaf tins off Amazon that you use. So I just want to say thank you and I miss your videos man

[@chicowize]

Very nicely done Elvis Ammo👍🏽 Those buckets get heavy. Scored 3 from one shop. Felt magical to score about 450lbs of WW

[@yoboijugga227]

Thoes lead might be useful in years to come, Nevah know what kind of apocalypse the future holds. Keep that in mind

[@FullLeadTaco]

Dang man! that is a great haul!

[@elvisammo]

loving it.... Full.Lead.Taco!!!! thanks for watching!

[@FortuneCookie45LC]

Elvis - This is one of the finest, if not the finest, wheelweight acquisition videos on YT..!! - I used to buy three of those 5 gallon buckets of lead at a time from the metal scrapyard before wheelweights were banned in CA (tire shops used to give me a couple of handfuls or a little bucket, wasn't worth the effort back then - now they have to turn in quotas so they can't give out any). Your lead supply makes my getting 20 pounds of range scrap at a time look like a drop in the bucket...!! Well done. If I lived near you, I'd help you melt that down just for the fun of doing it...!! My casting pot died so I have replacement on order so I can cast up a lot of bullets to do those 3 new Eastwood colors... Have a great day, FC Steve

[@elvisammo]

Hey there Mr Fortune Cookie! nice lead haul huh..... Im stocking up on lead instead of buying gold!!!! ha ... If you was to help me make ingots, we'd have some of the finest chow mein, egg rolls, and fortune cookies for desert. With nothing but good news in them! : ) ... I might even send ya home with another chicken to make ya more eggs! : ) ...Sorry about your melting pot! You finally used that thing one time to many... You made lots of bullets. And the price for a new one aint bad! Thanks for all your hard work and awesome videos!

[@tinaliang75]

Hey Mr. FortuneCookie45Lc, i've been following you for a while and love your videos educating me how to cast bullets from start to finish. Do you know where to get cheap or free lead?

[@BZHprepper]

I have a great guy that is a mobile tire fitter for truck's. I give him a case of beer for buckets of lead every month. His brother swapped me 85kg of printing lead letter for 250 bird shot 12g shells, I know I got the good end of that deal. Love your channel Elvis.

[@elvisammo]

hey BZHprepper..... I like it! BEER FOR BUCKETS! OR SHELLS FOR SHOTS! : ) nice trading BZHprepper! thanks again. ....

[@сергей163]

Отличный результат, тоже запасы свинца сделал,думал что мне достаточно, но, посмотрев ваше видео понял-нужно еще,на много больше. Удачных выстрелов.

[@bigrod0069]

Holy Lead Man!! Dang! that's Awesome!

[@Badbri2A]

You got it,, thank you. What you just ask the tire shops,? They give to you?

[@nsboost]

I spent about a hour digging through the 3 55g barrels at one of the local tire shops yesterday and got about 35-40lbs of lead. I’m kind of torn between time and value. It was free.. but I charge $80/h for my plumbing rate. Seems to be getting to where it’s worth more to work and buy the less than scrap it. But.. on slow days I’ll go dig through the barrels

[@MrThomass281]

I haven't had any luck with tire shops in TX.

[@timpinkham8165]

Man, you've got your work cut out for you when it comes time to sort through all of that. Nice haul.

[@elvisammo]

hey Timothy Pinkham... oh man! yes I do!

[@beauulvick4055]

Tim pinkham it's not quite as bad as it looks lead is so heavy that you just put a bunch in your melting pot and everything but lead floats to the surface and you just skim it off the top it's quite fun. Just be careful

[@jamesowens2781]

Hey I just went shopping at roto last night and bought 75lbs of pure lead for my bullet swaging (new hobby 😀) what part of SC? I am in the upstate of SC near Spartanburg.

[@musictube3780]

Do u know Justin Owens? He used to live in Inman, SC.

[@psykoklown874]

Any tips or sources for those of us in "lead free" states? Finding WWs is like pulling hen's teeth here (a 5 gallon bucket full would seem like hitting the mother load). I can actually get pure lead easier. We can shoot lead here, it's just getting harder to aquire it. Thanks

[@elvisammo]

hey Psyko klown... best source I know of online is rotometals.com good prices and free shipping! they might even have hens teeth!!!! : )...

[@psykoklown874]

I've bought some linotype, superhard and shot from them, since those aren't so easily found "in the wild". I'm coming from casting slugs and buckshot, so now I need to find how to get high BHN without WWs in the mix. Winter is about to put an end to collecting range scrap here, and I just recently got started doing that.

[@dylanreynolds4899]

do i need to wash all of my range scrap lead before I melt it down and pour it into molds?

[@xenaguy01]

No. Any impurities will float to the top of the molten lead. Just scoop it off prior to fluxing.

[@regularfather4708]

Lead weights are banned in Maine. I suppose I'd have to keep my eye out for old abandoned cars and the occasional out of state car that needs a new tire.

[@damontragicville4536]

They banned abortion there too

[@gwermsg]

Elvis, one of my sources for lead is old trophies when they were made of lead. I also go large amounts grandfather clock manufacturers.

[@jaymac3113]

I see your point but in what part of earth would you make that many bullets from that much lead?

[@chevy6299]

Those are the cleanest wheel weights I ever saw !!!

[@elvisammo]

hey chevy6299... they don't seem to throw a lot of junk in there with them... I like that!! Thanks for commenting God Bless!!!

[@kennethvaccaro8397]

What’s your ratio on lead for your casting?

[@juanrojos78]

how much did it cost you to fill the last barrel (last haul)

[@beauulvick4055]

I cast a lot of bullets and also sinkers, but I find that slot of my sinkers get turned into bullets lol. Wish I had some of that.

[@jameslaflamme4561]

I’m new to the lead casting world. I just got done doing my first batch of ingots. They came out “OK”. Just wondering if when after fluxing and stirring prior to pouring, if you take “all” the skim off the top? or is some of that stuff on top supposed to stay with the lead that you pour for the ingots? Any and all help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.

[@dalemeade1]

What is your average lead to steel and zinc in your buckets? Here in Ohio I pay $30 per bucket and tend to get about 10 lbs of pure lead from the stick-ons and about another 50 of hard lead alloy out of a 100lb bucket. The rest is zinc and steel.

[@elvisammo]

hey dale mead. ..I get about 80 percent. .. 20 percent steel and zinc.. .a full bucket weighs around 150 pounds...

[@dalemeade1]

That is a bit better than here, but then I live fairly close to some big cities and all of the national tire chains use zinc or steel. Our local shop gets those cars in to work on as well, so that increases the steel and zinc in the buckets. I am shooting for a thousand pound reserve then I will slow down and just pick up a bucket as I use it to cast bullets.

[@elvisammo]

+dale meade sounds like you gotta plan ... good deal!

[@firemangarry5]

I live in South Carolina to, now I know who all the tire shops are giving their lead to. LOL Thanks for the videos Elvis keep it up.

[@elvisammo]

you gotta beat me to it garry chaney!!!!!!! : ) thanks for the laugh!!!!

[@tires2burn]

Its almost 2021 and I can't find any WW's. Wa state recycles all the lead from the tire shops. Bummer for me.

[@nickjm37fordel1]

Elvis, I have never seen that many wheel weights in one place ! I'm green with envy. I have not checked my tire places in quite awhile, but will try one more time. I buy roofing lead at $1.00 a lb. from a recycling place not to far from my house and feel lucky to be able to do that. I also live near a harbor and will check out some boat places to see what I can find. To get a big chunk of lead would be great. Don't know how I will get it home, but that would be a great problem to have. Any suggestions on how to cut it up ?

[@elvisammo]

hey Nick J.... yea that would be a good problem to have alright! I'm thinking I would try a saws all. reciprocating saw. maybe a bi metal blade. .....; ) I'm gonna have fun making ingots real soon ! thanks again!

[@sidneycook3196]

@@elvisammo use a chainsaw there are a lot of videos on utube about that

[@simahe1252]

I have went to tire shops and they always say someone comes on a regular basis and buys their lead.

[@terrypeters4931]

Hey Elvis wanted to let you know of a new outlet for great clean range scrap lead. I have 2 Indoor ranges with in 60 miles of me. I get it clean no dirt or paper, steel excetra. they charge me 400.00$ a ton. I went to Lowes and bought 40 buckets and 40 lids to put 50 lbs into each and keep dry and out of the weather. They generate a ton each month Im building a 300 pound melting pot to make ingots. Chat soon I've learned a lot from watching you and Fortunecookie45lc Thacks

[@jimpokorny4598]

Those of us that have been working with lead for 30 years. Does this mean we need to go get DeToxed somewhere ?

[@MrORTEGA34]

I want to start casting my own bullets but here in California it's getting hard to find lead wheel weights

[@elvisammo]

hey Juan Ortega... you can go to rotometals.com and find it no shipping fee... boat yards may have a sail boat keel. thats about 7 or 8 hundred pounds.

[@tinaliang75]

@ideamachineim hey ideamachineim, do you know which range in the bayarea allows lead scrap pick up?

[@TheDesertwalker]

I used to work along the freeways in CAlifornia, I would collect all the wheel weights I could find, but it seems now 80% are not lead anymore... I think I will take the suggestions of some of these commentors and just buy clean lead.

[@silentdeath607]

Each one of those is a hell of a haul Elvis! I like the mentality, I need more! It’s true! Keep on keeping on brother!🤘🏻🙌🏻

[@l.a.3887]

Fantastic great job

[@beauulvick4055]

I'm envious of your lead haul, you sir are good at what you do.

[@rustyfawcett]

That makes my 2 5 gallon buckets look like nothing. nice haul. how do you sort them? piece by piece or temp control and add everything zinc,steel and lead. then remove all the slag and clips. Thank man.

[@elvisammo]

hey Pennsylvania Relic Recovery ....I could do temp control and have done it that way.. Maybe out of habit I separate them by hand first! Yikes ... Yeah, It is faster than you might think after you get the hang of it. You can spot them pretty quick after awhile! Stick on lead, steel,zinc,clip on lead.. Thanks for watching!

[@markmccoy3626]

Hey Elvis! Would you be able to do a video on how you process your wheel weights into ingots? I just got my first 5 gallon bucket of wheel weights and need some direction on sorting. Any advise helps! A video would help even more! -Mark-

[@elvisammo]

hey Mark McCoy... yes I will im gonna do a massive ingot pile video!!! really soon.... thanks for watching!!!

[@markmccoy3626]

+elvis ammo I'll be watching! thanks

[@jstsmegy]

This is a lot of knowledge do you have a way to donate to the channel ?

[@mojo6385]

how do you get the weights out of the bottom of the barrel??? (-:

[@peteraugust5295]

asked myself just that question, does he pick them out one by one? :D

[@JohnDoeEagle1]

I'm paying .30 cents a pound for mixed lead wheel weights at the local scrapyard here. I bet I see 70% - 80% usable lead out of that. When you find stick on pure lead wheel weights in there it kinda makes up for all the bum ones. I save those separate for another batch of just those. It takes awhile to come up with any amount of them before it is worthwhile melting them down. I have a 20 quart, 7 quart and 2 quart Dutch ovens. It depends on what I am doing for which one I use at that given time. If at all possible I try to use the 20 quart the first time. It keeps everything more uniform and all in the same alloy weighing the same that way. I have multiple size ingot molds I store and use my lead in. The big boy is a 11 1/2 pound ingot. I use that one to process, hoard and store large quantities of lead. I have 5 and some change pound molds I use when I want to store/use them. Also have Lyman 1 pound ingot molds for topping off the pot while I am casting. Also have some trapezoid ones I made myself out of angle iron and welded them up with sides and handles. I don't use those very often but every once in awhile I do.

[@possumpopper89]

I dug my lead out of the berm at the range. I melted it down into ingots. Still have about 250 pounds of ingots since my last mining effort.

[@nickl1682]

Man that's a lot of work. My back hurts watching you work. Last video you had your Dog helping you . Your brother from jersey buys his bullets made already. Never got into casting . We do have a good bullet caster in toms river called C and J casting . He does a good job ,and I won't blow my back out . Keep up the hard work.

[@JohnDoe-sz5jh]

Same in! Where all the lead is.

[@blackpowderfirearmenthusia3194]

Great video thank you.

[@cdelo2]

That cement mixer is a massive brass tumbler ! Any chance on a video on that ?

[@elvisammo]

thats an awesome idea C Delo!!!!! works great and can do massive amounts at a time!!!! : ) fine idea

[@feellnfroggy]

in your written note above, you mention POWDER COAT? Why would you powder coat a cast bullet?

[@cawensil3264]

I can't find lead in my area, because, Elvis ammo cleans everybody out before I get there.

[@Irishrebel092]

fellow South Carolinian here, and I can't find any tire shops willing to give up wheel weights cause they already have deals with other people that want them (haha, and now I know who!). but I'm lucking to work at a TA Truck Shop where I get first dibs on any weights that come off the tires, and some of these truck tires take up to a full pound to balance them and times that by 10 tires on the tractor and 8 on the trailer. I think the most I've ever pulled off was 5 pounds of lead weights after swapping out all 8 drive tires. only down side is they are around 80% stick on weights. if I ever get desperate enough I might try cracking open one of the massive 60lb batteries those trucks take. we always have around 30 of them on a pallet we sell for scrap.

[@CoenKlav]

Hi Elvis, up here I;ve nearly only the access to range scrap. And these are mainly .22 LR . Is that enough hardness to cast .38 specials with ? Thanks and keep up the good work !

[@Oldnoitall]

Great score Elves I remember herring Obama closed all lead mines in the US and that There will be no more leaded gasoline available anywhere I don’t know how this relates to let bullets but I thought I would throw it out there

[@Sidneybeach875]

Hey elvis, south carolina huh, may i ask what area, im here in charleston sc.

[@1Dataware123]

It's hoarders like you that make it super hard for anyone else to score a bucket full. Ease up Elvis! Leave some for the rest of us😢

[@organicmaterialsciencecorp6115]

Sir you always do a great job but if you want to live a long time you must get 3m p100 lead respirator or you are digging yourself your own grave. Do you get it?

[@Brian.N]

Great video,I live in Pennsylvania and I have a bunch of tire shops saving wheel weights for me.Im getting as much as I can.I don't have as much as you but I will get their one of these days!

[@cdelo2]

Same here ! I'm close to Pittsburgh and don't know of any casters in my area .

[@stevencroon]

Gotta watch the wheel weights now as they are about 30% steel or zinc. Pain in the tail to sort them all out.

[@dennishusell9746]

Man i wish it was this simple, i work as a mechanic so getting weights is no problem. The issue is that in Europe lead weights have been banned since around 2005 or something, theyre all zinc now.

[@MrCharley201]

Great haul. Looks like you need to start making ingots.

[@elvisammo]

hey Charles Lawson... yes,yes,yes....I will do that very soon and do a video!!!!!

[@MrMmorgan30]

I like this guy 👍🏾

[@rickRN77]

You should make video of one of those steel barrels and turn it into a smelter straight away then when molten tap the bottom with small hole and bust out a ton of ingots at once. Plus that video would be awesome

[@elvisammo]

hey rickrn2 you watch a lot of movies dont ya!!!: ) you got me laughing..... one big smelting pot and pour it in the little molds!!!! thanks for making me laugh! : )

[@rickRN77]

Yeah that would be a lot lol have many cast iron cake pans ready to roll and welding gloves hahaha

[@rickRN77]

Might be able to fashion a steel or brass valve of some kind to release / pour the molten lead from bottom pour.

[@enyaw1212]

i did a deal a couple of years back for 3 5gal buckets(total weight was 432lbs) after i sorted and separated everything i wound up with 264lbs in useable clip on weights and 38lbs of stick on weights.

[@enyaw1212]

btw after processing and turning into ignots my cost per pound was .38 per pound

[@jonlockhart8436]

Elvis can you post a link to that place online you mentioned?

[@elvisammo]

hey Jon Lockhart.. . rotometals.com yep I will...

[@jonlockhart8436]

+elvis ammo thanks so much! I appreciate it. Love the vids. I appreciate all the work and hoping to get into this once I get a bigger place.

[@bubbagrant]

you Elvis are a hard worker. I just asked my mechanic for some wheel wiehhts but in winter to.e about 6 months here in Toronto eh

[@elvisammo]

thanks Bubba Grant! long winters up there!