1 lb. tin ingots...........

**John-n-va** · 01-23-2007, 06:54 AM

Found a source for 99.95% pure tin ingots at $6.75 a lb if I buy over 100 lbs. It is relatively close to where I live and I could make a trip to pick up a large quantity if the interest is there. I am getting tired of paying $10 to $14 dollars a lb for tin plus shipping.

Anyone interested?

**6pt-sika** · 01-23-2007, 10:29 AM

I would be if you also know of a source for 99.5% pure lead to mix with it

**No_1** · 01-23-2007, 11:15 AM

So is this a group buy in the making?

Robert

Originally Posted by John-n-va

Found a source for 99.95% pure tin ingots at $6.75 a lb if I buy over 100 lbs. It is relatively close to where I live and I could make a trip to pick up a large quantity if the interest is there. I am getting tired of paying $10 to $14 dollars a lb for tin plus shipping.

Anyone interested?

**felix** · 01-23-2007, 11:25 AM

Before you guys go buy this stuff, see if you can find a car/truck radiator repair shop in the neighboorhood. That lead is 63 percent tin. The drippings is what you are after. Offer to clean out the tanks for the produce. Warning: this is a very nasty job, and the weight you get will be up to 50 percent trash. To make the trip worth while, do a complete job in ridding the place of all spare metal no matter what it takes. Assume a hard day. Proceeds are definitely worth it. ... felix

**John-n-va** · 01-23-2007, 11:48 AM

http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auctio...&convertTo=USD

Add to that 3391 lbs of tin to yield 71211 lbs of 20-1 alloy. That should keep you in boolits for awhile, even that big 50....lets see....at 8 to the pound that would be almost 570,000 boolits.

All joking aside, that batch of scrap lead will probably go for $200 or less.

**montana_charlie** · 01-23-2007, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by John-n-va

Found a source for 99.95% pure tin ingots at $6.75 a lb if I buy over 100 lbs.

The last tin I bought was priced a $5.50/lb. I asked for 'about six pounds', and the guy stacked ingots until he hit 6.5 - so that's what I got.
With $8.10 for the flat rate box, the total came to $6.75 per pound.

If I had bought more tin, the shipping per pound would have been reduced.

I imagine the guy is still in business, and he does sell in small quantities. The source of his tin is wine bottle foil.

PM me for his email address.
CM

**Nueces** · 01-23-2007, 06:07 PM

There used to be a way cool surplus place here, called The Radio Ranch. Lots of low and high tech neat stuff. Got my stereo mike from them.

My best score was a full box of 50/50 lead/tin electronic solder bars. Fifty pounds, for the asking price of $15. Yes, I did feel a little sheepish as I lugged it away. Just sheepish enough to wait until out of earshot before whooping aloud.

Mark

**6pt-sika** · 01-23-2007, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by John-n-va

http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auctio...&convertTo=USD

Add to that 3391 lbs of tin to yield 71211 lbs of 20-1 alloy. That should keep you in boolits for awhile, even that big 50....lets see....at 8 to the pound that would be almost 570,000 boolits.

All joking aside, that batch of scrap lead will probably go for $200 or less.

I'm figuring 13 shots to a pound . Kinda likt to stay with a 515 grain bullet

**6pt-sika** · 01-23-2007, 06:43 PM

They sold some like that up around Baltimore last year . I think about 30,000 pounds and it went for $5000 if I remmember correctly.

**SharpsShooter** · 01-23-2007, 09:02 PM

If this turns into a group effort, I am very interested.

SS

**Rustybob** · 01-23-2007, 10:58 PM

what sharpsshjooter said

**John Boy** · 01-24-2007, 11:32 PM

If this turns into a group effort, I am very interested.

Me too

**WBH** · 01-25-2007, 10:45 AM

The price of tin has gone crazy. About 1 1/2 years ago I bought 50 1# rolls of 50/50 solder for the tin. I make my soft cast bullets using 10# pure lead and 1 roll of the solder. Well, I am getting low on the solder so I called today to order some more from the local plumbing supplier.............. It has gone from $3.29 to $6.49 per roll. That puts tin at about $13/# that way........ouch

**Wayne Smith** · 01-25-2007, 11:32 PM

John, I'd be interested. I'm in Virginia Beach, is it here in Norfolk or at another site?

**John-n-va** · 01-26-2007, 05:56 AM

I could talk the wife into a weekend trip to Lancaster and pick the tin up while up there. Then ship it to the interested parties. Only have to pay shipping from me to you then. I'm thinking about digging deep and buying enough to last me for awhile since I doubt the price is gonna go down any.

**Bob S** · 01-26-2007, 08:21 AM

John:

Where in VA are you?

Resp'y,
Bob S.
Dale City

**McLintock** · 01-26-2007, 02:59 PM

If you're figuring on shipping in flat rate boxes, I'd go for at least 20 lbs or so.
McLintock

**truckjohn** · 01-29-2007, 01:05 AM

I would probably go in for 20# or so....
if I could get it in the $6.00-$7.00 range.

Thanks

John

**boommer** · 01-29-2007, 01:56 AM

I Would Go In Too!!

**Dr.Doug** · 02-01-2007, 04:41 PM

I'd be interested, too.
Doug

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BR	Bench Rest	M	Magnum	RN	Round Nose
BT	Boat Tail	PL	Power-Lokt	SP	Soft Point
C	Compressed Charge	PR	Primer	SPCL	Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP	Hollow Point	PSPCL	Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt"	C.O.L.	Cartridge Overall Length
PSP	Pointed Soft Point	Spz	Spitzer Point	SBT	Spitzer Boat Tail
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