What do you guys do with lead?

[ajhuff]

I have a seven year old daughter and am married to a pediatrician so I kind of need to find an answer to this sooner or later.

I figure one option is to shoot lead free pellets but that severely limits my pellet selection.

My shooting area is my front porch which makes a nice alley shooting out into the open side yard into the woods (no neighbors). I've been shooting into packed cardboard boxes which retain maybe 50% of my pellets. I know my wife is eventually going to have a problem with lead pellets landing and building up over time in the yard where Rose might play.

I have an idea for a heavy plywood backstop with a foam filled box in front made of mdf. The mdf would be screwed on and considered a consumable over time. I'm thinking big enough to hang six targets. My goal here would be to capture nearly all of the pellets inside. If foam doesn't slow em down enough I could try that putty stuff. But at some point when the target box is full, then what, how do you dispose of the lead?

Thanks,

-AJ

[breakfastchef]

If shooting outside, I tend to return lead back where it is naturally found - into the ground. Pellets shot indoors are periodically vacuumed up and tossed in the garbage.

Lead got a bad rap years ago when we realized you should not eat it or breath in the dust. Treat it with some common sense and it can be quite safe.

[Gippeto]

Build or buy yourself a steel pellet trap. Not as quiet, but far easier to clean out, and will last a lifetime if you don't cheap out.

Built mine...cost me ~$63 each + my time. Made two while I was at it. They are a modified "snail" trap, and drop spent lead into dollar store cookie sheets for easy collection.

Once collected, you can do interesting things with it....



Al

Edited for schpellung...because some dimwit couldn't spell quiet correctly.

[WyoMan]

Cool stuff Al  Looks like the Mr and Mrs Pellet family 

[crossliner]

Cool stuff Al  Looks like the Mr and Mrs Pellet family 

Sure does  Mama has a nice waistline too 

[mudduck48]

I sprinkle them on my wheaties and eat them for breakfast.

[Trophyhunter49]

Sure does  Mama has a nice waistline too 

[Trophyhunter49]

  I save my to melt down to made fishing weights.

[Tater]

Sure does  Mama has a nice waistline too 

She's got "breeder hips".

[Cwlongshot]

  I save my to melt down to made fishing weights.

Me too!!  Then I spray them BLK cause they tend to be super shiny and shiny things get eaten in the ocean. 



CW

[Fronzdan]

Both the duct seal trap and the steel trap will catch everything, with the putty trap being much quieter and trapping all of the lead.  Steel sometimes splatters the pellet and you can get lead "dust".  Cleaning the putty is a pain, but not that bad.  It holds a lot and a pair of needle nose pliers and an hour every once in a while is all it takes.

I just toss the pile of lead and putty remnants in a plastic bag and throw it in the trash.

[mudduck48]

Both the duct seal trap and the steel trap will catch everything, with the putty trap being much quieter and trapping all of the lead.  Steel sometimes splatters the pellet and you can get lead "dust".  Cleaning the putty is a pain, but not that bad.  It holds a lot and a pair of needle nose pliers and an hour every once in a while is all it takes.

I just toss the pile of lead and putty remnants in a plastic bag and throw it in the trash.

your throwing lead away? I'll take it.

[Fronzdan]

Can you use pellet lead for powder burner bullets?  I guess I could give into someone who molds their own.

[Tater]

I  have some lead to give but with the weight, the shipping rate would be huge.

[Cwlongshot]

I  have some lead to give but with the weight, the shipping rate would be huge.

NO SO!!  Simply Use Flat rate USPS boxes!!!  GREAT for shipping lead!!! 

CW