Wow Lead is at 75 cents a pound! Back to the reloading era.

Discussion in 'Reloading Bench' started by appalachianshooter, Apr 15, 2020.

  1. appalachianshooter

    appalachianshooter Active Member

    The next batches made should be cheap.
     
  2. cl3

    cl3 Mega Poster Founding Member

    And gas should be $.75 and diesel $.68. Good luck with the cheap lead. When the lead was reclaimed in Tucson, the price was $.63.
     
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  3. jansonuhl

    jansonuhl jansonuhl

    When i was in the business you could take the price/lb. X 25 and add$1 and that was truck load price. The shot market never really followed the price when lead went down. I used to buy truck loads, pay for them in advance, locking in the price, and then take delivery as i needed it. Drop in lead price very seldom found it's way into the retail market as most dealers had shot on hand at the higher price. Nice thought but probably not be worth much. Gud luk
     
  4. nickthanos

    nickthanos Well-Known Member

    Shot will never be cheap again as long as all that lead is going to make millions of batteries.
     
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  5. Spanky

    Spanky Active Member

    Shot has not gone down anywhere. If it were to go to $30.00 a bag it would be great to go pick some up. If you have to get it shipped the price is still a killer. I do a road trip and a particular shoot every year around Easter and get my shot then. Hopefully we get to see it come down.
     
  6. Flyersarebest

    Flyersarebest Moderator Founding Member Forum Leader

    When a lot of us started it was $4.25 a bag and if you bought 4 bags it was $4.00 a bag.

    Anytime someone reminds me of that I tell them,

    Yeah, well Dinosaurs used to walk around in California too, when was the last time you saw one of them?

    There are a couple of guys on here that COULD answer that question.:D

     
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  7. jansonuhl

    jansonuhl jansonuhl

    Seem to remember a shot that was made in Mexico that came in a plastic bag with a wire tie that was around $2.50 per bag. Think Gene Sears was tied up in it. Was so soft you could almost chew it. Some reason the name Hawk rings a bell.
     
  8. plaw

    plaw Mega Poster

    I remember 1968 $4.00 per 25#
     
  9. dean scott

    dean scott Well-Known Member

    $35.00 a bag on the east coast, far cry from .75 cents a pound!!
     
  10. Bill Decker

    Bill Decker Active Member Founding Member

    Down to $33.a bag in PA.+ Tax around $35.
     
  11. Smokintom

    Smokintom Mega Poster Founding Member

    Back some years ago when shot went up to 40 dollars a bag and lead was $1.25 a pound a very big recycling company in Defiance Ohio was paying 11 cents a pound for scrap lead. They would not sell it to the public though. Think about that
     
  12. today price for 25# of 8 shot=...............58 bucks a bag
     
  13. rrisum

    rrisum Mega Poster

    How times have changed I remember that $4.00 bag of shot. and today I am spending 95 cents per shot,.43 cents for the bird and 53 cents for the shell how time have changed.
     
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  14. Cournot

    Cournot Member

    But back then median household income between 1967 and 1968 was $7,700 while today it's somewhere in the range from $81k to $87k. And today's income numbers don't include the more generous social security payments adjusted for inflation.
     
  15. bobski

    bobski USN Retired Range Owner

    in the 90's it was 7 to 9.00 a bag. it was doable. not now.
    and like I say, the whole industry has us all marching to their drum...and we are all stupid enough to do it.