Here I sit pondering my mornings activities….
Lead
Pipe to lead ingot
Lead ingot to lead Bullet
50 Cal Minnie Ball mold is 357 Gr that’s about 19 bullets a pound.
Lead pipe from the scrap yard ( cause I’m to lazy to hit garages and go through the extra bit of cleaning wheel weights, besides others beat me to them) anyway Lead pipe .75 cents a pound… now the math….
about 4 cents each… $3.95 a hundred rounds.
Last week I bought a box of 100 .490 round balls for $18.00 at the range
Hmmmmm lets see now .04 plus powder a shot or .18 a shot for round balls, Not to mention there was some 50 cal conical round that were similar to my Minnie balls at $25.00 for 15 rounds.
Just doing math today and liking my results on all levels. Oh it just might be time to head to the range with my flinty