arm3000gt Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Does anyone know of a supplier of reclaimed shot in the South of the UK? I am aware of the one up North are there any others? Regards Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldwanderer Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 I got some a while back off the well known auction site but not sure where it came from - but thought I'd offer a small bit of advice; Mine had some steel shot in it which scored a chrome lined bore very slightly (I believe it has something to do with rust being harder than chrome or abrasive enough to mark it) so I made a simple separator from a plastic funnel and three bar magnets set inside it leaving a gap that would be close enough to any of them to attract the steel. It worked but I decided not to bother with any more as the effort outweighed the small financial saving. Just a thought, better to say than to hear you'd damaged an expensive gun finding out the hard way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm3000gt Posted December 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hi fieldwanderer that is good to know/unfortunate for you and I appreciate you sharing. I was going to sift it with a magnet but if I get some I'll be more careful, possibly make a funnel set-up like yours. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow white Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Why not just make your own shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm3000gt Posted December 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Why not just make your own shot. It would be less hassle to buy it no other reason. I am looking into making a shot maker with the plans from here though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPARKIE Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 if ya want a shot maker speak to fruitloop on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagantino Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 I'd love to see how to make shot. Please share rather than PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 I'd love to see how to make shot. Please share rather than PM Look on youtube for lead shot maker for lots of examples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagantino Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 Yes sorry. Didn't see a previous post also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm3000gt Posted December 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) I've done some quick maths and it's just not worth making my own shot. Unless I can get lead for about 80p per kilo or less, current scrap price is approx £1.10 -£1.25. Linotype seems to be thin on the ground but what I have found is £2.40 per kilo. Even diluting that down by 4 or 5 with pure lead giving approx 2% antimony that is about £1.68 per kilo at the upper end before making the shot. Even bulk buying doesn't really work out when buying at rate available to the small quantities I could buy. To get the cheaper discount on antimony I would need to make batch of 500kg shot. Antimony comes in approx £25.5 + vat per kilo on orders over 10 kg, £306 for 10kg Lead (assuming £1.2 per kilo) 490x1.2 = £588. Total is £894 or £1.78 per kilo All the above is excluding shipping costs for the metals, electricity costs etc. I may have made a mistake in my maths so please correct if I have. It is worth while sacrificing a day, driving the 400 mile round trip and picking up 300kg of reclaimed shot. That's enough to make 10,000+ cartridges. The alternative option is to then melt the reclaimed shot down and make larger/small shot that way and satisfy the shot making curiosity that way. Unless I can find a source of cheap scrap lead this is the route I would/will probably take. Andy Edited December 31, 2016 by arm3000gt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 I never liked the reclaimed shot as it seemed full of lead oxide dust. I tried melting it down to remake it and found it made the worst shot ever until I mixed a large dose of linotype into the mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 It's cheaper and more effective to spend £ on new ****. Shot* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm3000gt Posted December 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 I never liked the reclaimed shot as it seemed full of lead oxide dust. I tried melting it down to remake it and found it made the worst shot ever until I mixed a large dose of linotype into the mix. It's cheaper and more effective to spend £ on new ****. Shot* I've read posts from you two and I will take heed as you clearly have a lot of experience. I'll see how I get on with commercial shot and take it from there. The post seems to have got a little side tracked, but I can guess from the lack of responses to the original question there are no reclaimed shot suppliers in the south of the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow white Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 Have you not got any mates in the building trade to get it of my mates give me loads of lead i must have 10 hundred weight to make in the spring.linotype ok i have had to pay for that but will work out to nothing like you have worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 I've read posts from you two and I will take heed as you clearly have a lot of experience. I'll see how I get on with commercial shot and take it from there. The post seems to have got a little side tracked, but I can guess from the lack of responses to the original question there are no reclaimed shot suppliers in the south of the UK. My experience is just buying stuff and reloading. The time & £ in is not for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm3000gt Posted December 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 Have you not got any mates in the building trade to get it of my mates give me loads of lead i must have 10 hundred weight to make in the spring.linotype ok i have had to pay for that but will work out to nothing like you have worked out. I don't have many mates in the building trade. Even so you are lucky they would give you hundreds of pounds worth of scrap metal. I'll keep looking and asking around though, never know what might come up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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