I've Been Collecting Range Scrap Lead Wrong! 255LBS./30MIN.

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  • I've Been Collecting Range Scrap Lead Wrong! 255LBS./30MIN.
    The range scrap lead sifter has redeemed itself! We hit the range scrap lead jackpot today! Please, if you try this for yourself make sure you do not damage the range! Leave it in just as good of condition as you found it. Do not interfere with other shooters! Be courteous and use common sense! Thanks for watching! Be sure to smack that "Like" button before you go!
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  • @OtisENGINEuity
    @OtisENGINEuity 8 років тому +351

    so it's not that you've been doing it wrong, you've just been going to the wrong range

  • @ElijahDecker
    @ElijahDecker 8 років тому +164

    There's lead in them there hills.

  • @BloodAsp
    @BloodAsp 8 років тому +456

    Step 1: Find a range filthy with lead.

    • @plowmaster1206
      @plowmaster1206 8 років тому +9

      Any state job range will do

    • @Penultimate_Jive
      @Penultimate_Jive 8 років тому +43

      Problem 1: Guns are banned in my country.

    • @BloodAsp
      @BloodAsp 8 років тому +35

      I say ban people.

    • @Penultimate_Jive
      @Penultimate_Jive 8 років тому

      MoPro Uploads That doesn't sound too good.

    • @russg1801
      @russg1801 7 років тому +39

      No, Step 1 is find a range where nobody's shooting!

  • @pontusandersson4467
    @pontusandersson4467 7 років тому +55

    1 minute in - "why am I watching this?"
    5 minutes in - "why am I still watching this?"

    • @therealrobbdee672
      @therealrobbdee672 3 роки тому

      Why watch it???? U bought ammo lately??

    • @tavindehart1941
      @tavindehart1941 3 роки тому +1

      @@therealrobbdee672 it’s getting worse

    • @therealrobbdee672
      @therealrobbdee672 3 роки тому +1

      @@tavindehart1941 ur telling me! I've been strapped as is... can't even afford to procure any overpriced mutions rn

  • @BonesTheCat
    @BonesTheCat 6 років тому +17

    I love how excited you guys are. Take what you need for a year and do it in one run. OThers will eventually see what you're doing if you do it too often.

  • @jacobmyler7689
    @jacobmyler7689 8 років тому +551

    Gun Range Owner: "Um sir, why are you taking our rocks?"
    CountryBoyPrepper: *heavy breathing* "Dis here be pure lead."
    Gun Range Owner: "Sir I'm going to have to ask you to stop stealing dirt from the traps, we need those to catch the bullets. Thats how gun ranges work."
    CountryBoyPrepper: *slightly increases speed towards truck perspiring heavily*
    Gun Range Owner: "Sir?.. Si-"
    CountryBoyPrepper: "I GON BE READY! YALL SEE! YALL ALL SEE!"

    • @bmoneymasta
      @bmoneymasta 8 років тому +73

      You forgot to add in "I KNOW MY RIGHTS!"

    • @jacobmortimore
      @jacobmortimore 8 років тому +22

      'MERICA its a free country boyy

    • @solarisseven6969
      @solarisseven6969 7 років тому +12

      Jacob Myler I just bout choked on my biskits and musterd.ummmhmmm

    • @connorlenhardt3369
      @connorlenhardt3369 7 років тому +10

      Jacob Myler fuck off

    • @Esko_Vasya
      @Esko_Vasya 7 років тому +9

      Connor Lenhardt issa joke

  • @austinhirsch5999
    @austinhirsch5999 5 років тому +15

    Doesn't want to hurt himself, lifts with back.

  • @mack.g92
    @mack.g92 5 років тому +17

    Most ranges in my area dont alow this as they use the lead as revenue. Every decade or so there is a company that comes out and mines the berms. Last take I remember hearing was over 300k.

  • @marko2118
    @marko2118 8 років тому +43

    Im just wondering why it took you that long to figure it out? When I read this title I thought your were going to have a better way than the way everyone does it.

    • @Jeff-mn1uq
      @Jeff-mn1uq 7 років тому +1

      marko2118 im just wondering why you ignored him say he's had the sifter but but wasn't able to use it before

  • @garrettyoung3754
    @garrettyoung3754 7 років тому +12

    OH FOR FUCK SAKE LIFT WITH YOUR KNEES!!

  • @candeffect
    @candeffect 8 років тому +142

    I use a a strong magnet. Haven't found anything yet but it's easy to use.

    • @OfficialMageHD
      @OfficialMageHD 8 років тому +36

      Well lead doesn't stick to magnets so you won't find any lead doing that.

    • @kalikasurf
      @kalikasurf 8 років тому +98

      +mage7206 you took the bait on that? I guess his magnet DOES work!!

    • @OfficialMageHD
      @OfficialMageHD 8 років тому +18

      kalikasurf After reading more than 30+ comments of people saying to use a magnet its hard to tell who is actually serious anymore.

    • @kalikasurf
      @kalikasurf 8 років тому +8

      +mage7206 yea, youtube comments continually challenge my belief that 'nobody could be that stupid' but.....then someone else comes along and proves me wrong. So i can see how you weren't sure if he was just another dummy.

    • @OfficialMageHD
      @OfficialMageHD 8 років тому +3

      kalikasurf :P that and its so hard to tell some jokes through writing due to how we as people talk when telling jokes xD "lost in translation" I guess :3

  • @glaucouswingedgull
    @glaucouswingedgull 5 років тому +60

    Having never done it, naturally I feel entitled to give instruction: I’d use a flat nose shovel.

    • @alexterrel9594
      @alexterrel9594 4 роки тому +3

      One of those big barn shitty hay shovels!

    • @Dryphu
      @Dryphu 4 роки тому +1

      Metal snow shovel lol

    • @thomassmida4679
      @thomassmida4679 3 роки тому +5

      You ever tried digging with a flat nosed shovel? Don’t work out that well!

    • @jasonnealey8325
      @jasonnealey8325 Рік тому

      Me , never done it but have advise. Bring a rake to resurface the berm face so you are certain not to leave any divots .

    • @dirtydan3029
      @dirtydan3029 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Dryphu"he gone done break his back doin that"
      ~ somebody
      Lead is heavy!

  • @chaoticgoblin9
    @chaoticgoblin9 8 років тому +51

    you should get a utility cart to hold the buckets

    • @CountryBoyPrepper
      @CountryBoyPrepper  8 років тому +4

      +imthatsmell7 That is a great idea! I need a dolly.

    • @agentnuget
      @agentnuget 7 років тому

      CountryBoyPrepper go to Sam's club and buy a collapsible wagon, they hold like 200 lbs I think. Or buy the metal one at home depot, it probably holds more. You'll find them in the gardening section.

    • @richardstrombergoverkill5099
      @richardstrombergoverkill5099 6 років тому +1

      25 dollar dolly from harbor freight will haul a bucket all day

  • @paulhatch7759
    @paulhatch7759 4 роки тому +15

    You might try directly under the steel targets. They deflect the lead straight down. Good vid.

    • @nathanhill6042
      @nathanhill6042 3 місяці тому

      True but it’s usually dust at that point

  • @flysubcompact
    @flysubcompact 4 роки тому +3

    I'm the last one to be a safety ninny, but lead oxide dust scares me more than smelting. I bet that dry soil is loaded with oxide dust. You really should wear a respirator and gloves.

  • @vdog4799
    @vdog4799 Рік тому +1

    This video personally taught me how to dig! Thanks again buddy!👍Because of you I got 900 lbs of usable ingots from that method!

  • @MR_R.o.b.o.t.o
    @MR_R.o.b.o.t.o 7 років тому +4

    Use a dolley with air up tires. I moved 350 pound stuff in dirt before and it moved quite nicely.

  • @camouflagewarriors5512
    @camouflagewarriors5512 8 років тому +8

    awesome job, but knowing u just had torn ACL SURGERY, your son should of helped u get it into the truck alittle easier

  • @williamdawson3353
    @williamdawson3353 8 років тому +20

    Please wear at least a dust mask. The amount of lead dust re introduced during sifting is significant. Thanks for cleaning the earth.

    • @thesaltypanda1160
      @thesaltypanda1160 4 роки тому +3

      William Dawson it’s actually going right back into the earth at sometime lol, he’s not getting the lead to keep in a jar he’s remaking bullets

  • @duane2783
    @duane2783 6 років тому +1

    Dude.... So awesome! I can't stop watching these. Looks like you're truly having fun and that's what matter man. Who cares if you're aren't a master reloader, keep it up!

  • @buckeyeimaging
    @buckeyeimaging 8 років тому +15

    nice haul! just think, all those pebbles you take home won't be there next time...

    • @RobertMorgan
      @RobertMorgan 6 років тому +4

      True, but the rocks in your head will be there forever.

    • @HalenTaylor02
      @HalenTaylor02 3 місяці тому

      @@RobertMorgan5 years later and I’m dying from this comment

  • @peterzwart2357
    @peterzwart2357 6 років тому +1

    As he was walking over a shot went off as soon as he set the bucket down😂😂

  • @radius50
    @radius50 8 років тому +52

    haha the ad that came on before this video was an anti-gun commercial. FYI to the page owner.

    • @BradMillsXRP
      @BradMillsXRP 8 років тому +8

      adblock will stop all that add watching bullshit

    • @Specter0420
      @Specter0420 8 років тому +5

      The more people you tell about that the faster it won't work anymore.

    • @radius50
      @radius50 8 років тому +3

      +Specter0420 I know I want him to see if there's a way he can select not to show their ads. I'm
      Very pro gun and I'm sure the page owner is as well trying to help him get rid of a bad ad

    • @NoWinIntended
      @NoWinIntended 8 років тому +2

      Do you know what FYI means?

    • @radius50
      @radius50 8 років тому +6

      +NoWinIntended For Your Information.
      I was letting him know. For his information

  • @ericlaird7508
    @ericlaird7508 6 років тому +2

    Man, oh man!,you got some lead out today brother,love your video's on saving ton's of cash on reloading too!,keep up the great work,I love it!!!...

  • @smokeybear390
    @smokeybear390 7 років тому +4

    remember kids for maximum lifting power, always exclusively use your back

  • @bent540
    @bent540 8 років тому +1

    75-80% led! no way! atleast half that shit is rocks!

  • @brothercody7338
    @brothercody7338 4 роки тому +4

    Some lbs will be lost because of scrap, dirt, and rocks, but if it was pure then 255 lbs of pure lead translates to 14,395 9mm 124 grain bullets. Totally worth it.

  • @ferchox117
    @ferchox117 3 роки тому

    @countryboyprepper I have watch your reloading videos about 300 times all of them. I have like them all and I am subscribed to your channel, and Today I decided to go out to my public range and started to collect shells,. anything that I could find and I will start making my wooden grill like yours to start picking up some led. Thank you for all the work and the kindness of yours to share your methods of reloading.

  • @AJ-ku7nm
    @AJ-ku7nm 8 років тому +115

    You honestly telling me you never once thought of using a sieve to collect small objects from dirt in the two years you were picking the bits up by hand?

    • @chrism7067
      @chrism7067 8 років тому +24

      Uhh, listen to him. He made that originally but the other 2 ranges he was at were not sifter friendly, probably because the ground was flat and packed and the lead was laying on top.

    • @AJ-ku7nm
      @AJ-ku7nm 8 років тому +3

      +Chris Murff and all for about $120 once you take off all your costs smelting ect. Based on 0.40cent a pound. this is waste of the mans effort and determination of witch he clearly has plenty.

    • @chrism7067
      @chrism7067 8 років тому +5

      +Aaron Jay was he trying to make money? i thought he was using it to make stuff and eventually his own ammo

    • @AJ-ku7nm
      @AJ-ku7nm 8 років тому +5

      +Chris Murff casting it back into bullets is just as big a waste of time when you think how cheap and plentiful they are. The guy should use his time more productively. Yes everyone should no how to do it but no one needs to make 5000+ rounds.

    • @viewer92759
      @viewer92759 8 років тому

      +1

  • @Mrsouthernsurvivor
    @Mrsouthernsurvivor 8 років тому +1

    A sifter improvement idea.... Look at a shaker box design based on the old gold mining shaker boxes. Then you can move the dirt back with a rake and it will look like a smooth sand trap at a golf course. Just an idea. You guys do a great job on your videos. I have been getting a lot of information from you.

  • @frijoli9579
    @frijoli9579 8 років тому +3

    That's cool. Do a video on processing this! Look into a sluice box.

  • @fisharneked
    @fisharneked 7 років тому +6

    I highly recommend wearing a DUST MASK when digging around lead or any heavy metals. thanks for all your videos.

    • @tangoESPECIAL
      @tangoESPECIAL Рік тому

      Bubba doesn’t care …. Cleans up the gene pool

  • @TetroLancer
    @TetroLancer 8 років тому +35

    was this not kind of obvious...

    • @quintonvink3251
      @quintonvink3251 7 років тому +2

      paxfullseller -skoldmf and he has a torn muscle too

    • @miked815
      @miked815 4 роки тому

      Common sense is not something everyone has

  • @wilstandridge7388
    @wilstandridge7388 8 років тому +8

    Research drywashing for gold and the gear they use, it may be to your benefit.

  • @WCGwkf
    @WCGwkf 8 років тому +44

    that second load looked more like 80-90 percent rocks

    • @stevethesloth7352
      @stevethesloth7352 7 років тому +5

      WCGwkf It probably is, but some of the lead is deformed from hitting the steel

    • @andreyzagoruyko5390
      @andreyzagoruyko5390 6 років тому +5

      No, it actually looked VERY clean. Sure, there are some rocks, but still. Most of the lead will be deformed (depending on hit or miss) and these look EXACTLY like smooth rocks, until you pick one up and feel the weight. They also have a distinct color. New lead is silverish/light gray, old stuff is darker and really old stuff even has a green tint/coating to it.

    • @Stargun-vj1uh
      @Stargun-vj1uh 5 років тому

      @@andreyzagoruyko5390 plus, it wouldnt really matter if some are rocks anyway right? Wouldnt they also melt just the same, and be decent enough bullet material?

    • @capper6100
      @capper6100 5 років тому

      Stargun5502 No, the rocks would not melt if thats what you mean. They wouldnt melt and could be easily removed from the top of molten lead.

    • @Stargun-vj1uh
      @Stargun-vj1uh 5 років тому

      @@capper6100 ah gotcha, neat, i havent loaded any ammo in my life, but i plan to get into it, so i've been wondering on it.

  • @Runescapeguides110
    @Runescapeguides110 8 років тому +5

    i just bought mine from an indoor gun range for 25 cents/pound. theres no outdoor ranges like that near me

  • @lexwaldez
    @lexwaldez 8 років тому +5

    Saving money and recycling. Thanks for sharing... might want to watch inhaling any of that that dust though. Disposable gloves might not be a bad idea either. Heh, good exercise too.

  • @maximilian6450
    @maximilian6450 8 років тому

    at the ranges before you could also try dry panning with this method you also would get the
    lead shot

  • @JMan-gm2iw
    @JMan-gm2iw 8 років тому +3

    Couldn't you scoop with the sifter?

  • @nicholasmartin9584
    @nicholasmartin9584 7 років тому +5

    listening to him breath makes me feel heavy lol

  • @TRprepper
    @TRprepper 8 років тому +4

    You found the mother load! Awesome man!

    • @CountryBoyPrepper
      @CountryBoyPrepper  8 років тому +2

      +TRprepper Thanks!

    • @mrgard23
      @mrgard23 8 років тому +3

      +CountryBoyPrepper you're doing the range a service by removing. it lowers the cleanup cost. it reduces the chances of ricochet. Just get with the owner(s) and do a scheduling of small area shut down. you could try getting a larger vibratory table with progressively larger sifting surfaces.

  • @michaelbenoit248
    @michaelbenoit248 3 роки тому

    You should do the sifting over a large plastic container to catch the dirt to throw more of the dirt further up the hill, so in a way you’re helping rebuild the burm as well as cleaning it. This guy needs a dolly for moving the buckets. Hope y’all bring the old rocks from the range back when you come to get more.
    I guess it’s being more curtious & if someone walks by it looks good that he’s putting dirt on the brim helping the range.

  • @RustyNail5856
    @RustyNail5856 6 років тому +1

    great video, and Use a dolly with air up tires it is so much easer to move.

  • @mangounchained2715
    @mangounchained2715 6 років тому +1

    I wish my father did as much with me as you do with yours. He will remember these memories for the rest of his life.

  • @ivexnation9790
    @ivexnation9790 8 років тому +4

    lol he bleeps out the name, but he's wearing there shirt....

  • @jmartin9059
    @jmartin9059 3 роки тому

    *I hope the scrap metal experiment went well for you... FISHING sinkers can be cast of any unknown alloy with a high level of forgiveness... on which alloy is used. IF using Zinc alloys in aluminum block molds ... be aware that hot molten zinc CAN 'dissolve' aluminum well below the melt temperature of aluminum. To PROVE that try dissolving an aluminum can in molten zinc or overheated molten lead.*

  • @JohnNorris411
    @JohnNorris411 8 років тому +4

    Awesome. I would suggest to anyone doing this to wear a decent dust mask, you do not want to be inhaling lead dust. Also face downwind so the dust blows away from you when possible.

  • @StapleCactus
    @StapleCactus 6 років тому

    I'd rent a dingo and make a sifter/bucket to attach to it so I can drive over the berm and collect lead, depositing the dirt moments after picking it up. Clumps like you said aren't important to remove and I'm sure having less rocks will help the hill collect the rounds instead of possibly ricocheting. 10 minutes in a pit, in-out, ready for more shooting with me going home 500 pounds of lead richer.

  • @lordcarr571
    @lordcarr571 7 років тому +6

    still doing it wrong. Get a rake, and rake the top 1 inch of dirt down off that bank.... then shovel up your pile.

  • @IIGrayfoxII
    @IIGrayfoxII 8 років тому +1

    How much does lead sell for?
    I am surprised the range will let you go to the end of a shooting range, even if it is closed due to insurance and what not.

  • @ZoruaZorroark
    @ZoruaZorroark 8 років тому +9

    i do hope you guys got one of those radio flyer wagons after this video.

    • @CountryBoyPrepper
      @CountryBoyPrepper  8 років тому +1

      I need to get a dolly.

    • @chrisw46360
      @chrisw46360 8 років тому

      wagon with bottom cut out and screen put in, sifter on wheels

  • @michaelpriest6242
    @michaelpriest6242 Рік тому

    Build a stand for the sifter and lift the berm material to waist height a shovelful at a time instead of lifting 5 or
    6 shovelfuls in a single lift. Also, getting it off the ground as you fill it will let most of the siftings fall through immediately. You'll be able to sift 10 or 12 shovelfuls each shaking.

  • @mikeg2632
    @mikeg2632 7 років тому +4

    Buy some scuba weight brick molds. Melt the scrap down and cast scuba weights, then sell to scuba shops. Lead retails about $5 a pound. You can get about $3 a pound.

    • @RobCalhounPGH
      @RobCalhounPGH 7 років тому

      Compare that to what he'd get out of it if he made bullets and balance the value. I'll bet he'd get quite a bit more than just scrap price for the scuba weights too.

  • @GadgetAddict
    @GadgetAddict 8 років тому +2

    Aren't you taking all their stones though?

    • @wolverinehoosier6200
      @wolverinehoosier6200 3 роки тому

      He definitely is taking alot of their rocks, its almost the entire buckets full. That range needs those rocks as much ad it needs that dirt.

  • @bctruck
    @bctruck 8 років тому +20

    Preppers gold!!!

  • @Whatdyoumean
    @Whatdyoumean 5 років тому

    I'm glad someone is out there collecting all that lead out of the ground water system, if your press didn't cost so much I would do this myself.

  • @ImRamro
    @ImRamro 8 років тому +28

    That is great, the old range I shot at as a kid would have a company come on Sundays and collect buckets of the stuff.
    It was an indoor range so it was a lot easier.....this is a very smart idea.

    • @williamswan9114
      @williamswan9114 6 років тому

      same as you would pan for gold rocker little shift it out for you to have these go to the bottom just wear a dust mask

    • @lukewarmwater6412
      @lukewarmwater6412 6 років тому

      I used to pick up range scrap in sacramento ca. at several indoor ranges. in the 80's. the company I worked for added linotype and made bullets. alot of the scrap we picked up were our own cast bullets, so once in a while we would have to add less type.

  • @TatsByTaco
    @TatsByTaco 5 років тому

    I just went to my local scrapyard and got a 600 lb hunk of it from a forklift counterweight for free. Picked it up in 2010 and it’s still got atleast 100 or so pounds to go.

  • @petekinne2702
    @petekinne2702 5 років тому +3

    probably a hand dolly at the range office for loading ammo... hope you tried that. save your back!
    great vid.

  • @TheWeeklyLawReports
    @TheWeeklyLawReports 8 років тому

    prepares for everything except a flight of stairs.... *heavy breathing*

  • @grahamlopez6202
    @grahamlopez6202 5 років тому +4

    Never understood doing this. I always just buy more ammo because I'm very very lazy

    • @DaveSmith-cp5kj
      @DaveSmith-cp5kj 4 роки тому +1

      It is a lot cheaper. Dollar per dollar, you can have 5-10x more ammo by handloading versus buying it at the store. Not to mention for some calibers like 40&W, they are underloaded from the factory far below pressure limits. You can get almost 20% more energy loading a full power with handloads, and better accuracy and reliability. The only way handloading will not be worth your time, is if you are paid $30 per hour or more at your job and you could be working during that time.

    • @sryth1
      @sryth1 4 роки тому

      I agree. It’s nice to have the option, but isn’t scrap lead under $1/lb? Several hours digging, sifting, sorting, melting, cleaning, etc just to save even $2/lb (Cabelas prices) seems crazy to me.

    • @DaveSmith-cp5kj
      @DaveSmith-cp5kj 4 роки тому

      ​ Damien Gregory It takes about 10min to collect 100lb of lead. It takes $1-3 in propane to melt it and 3 hours of actual time (the melt time you can leave to do other stuff) to sift out the jackets and pour the ingots.
      You would have to be paid basically $30 per hour to make it worth buying over processing scrap. The more involved your processing setup is, you can even get to the point of processing 1 ton of scrap at a time at industrial level efficiency (I haven't gotten to that point but I'm getting close to considering it)
      The copper scrap can also be sold for about $3-6 per pound to metal working hobbyists on ebay as well, or melted down for your own projects. So there is savings/profit to be had there too.

    • @grahamlopez6202
      @grahamlopez6202 4 роки тому

      The calibers I shoot regularly are pretty cheap

  • @lawdog5209
    @lawdog5209 6 років тому +2

    Nice haul- I’ll assume you’ll be casting for a muzzle loader, as the lead in jacketed bullets is way too soft to straight cast even pistol bullets!

    • @jimbob465
      @jimbob465 2 роки тому

      Just add some tin, or water quench

  • @goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644
    @goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644 4 роки тому +3

    Geeze doc , I'm only 30 and i can't understand why all my hair fell out.

  • @cynthiamoon372
    @cynthiamoon372 4 роки тому

    Uh ... somebody invented a wheelbarrow a while back. Might be useful for toting lead buckets back to pickup truck. But then in a pinch these guys could just fill the white buckets to the 1/4 mark and make more trips. Now to the sifter ... a bit of ingenuity could come up with a sifter on rocker legs similar to what archeologists use. Kudos to the range scrap recycling guys though. They are working hard, and doing a bit for ecology at the same time. Now I’m energized to go to my drafting board to design a small powered sifter using a drum screen and my old garden rotary tiller for parts.

  • @TheKingnathan98
    @TheKingnathan98 7 років тому +6

    just a little bit of quick math... 5 gallon bucket approximately 3/4 full is 3.75 gallons. if you had 75% lead, that would be about 2.8 gallons worth of lead. lead weighs 94.8 lbs per gallon. your bucket would weigh 266 lbs in lead alone. I think you may be overestimating the lead content.

    • @Thalanox
      @Thalanox 7 років тому +2

      TheKingnathan98 Remember the shape of the lead. It's in deformed bullets, so there's going to be plenty of pore space between them. There's also maybe 10-15% detritus they further reduces the lead content.
      It's still a good haul.

    • @MyLonewolf25
      @MyLonewolf25 7 років тому

      I’d say maybe about 50% lead per bucket max

    • @jamesh2385
      @jamesh2385 6 років тому +3

      TheKingnathan98 2+2 is 4 - 1 thats 3 quick maths

    • @smirage22
      @smirage22 6 років тому

      your nans toaster Sauce?

    • @scottrussell8139
      @scottrussell8139 6 років тому +1

      who gives a crap,,,, least he is recycling so who gives a rats azz exactly how much it really weights,,, he is doing a great thing

  • @slyfly3732
    @slyfly3732 5 років тому

    there was a guy at the range with an old rigged up snowblower/rototiller? that shot the dirt into a screen, it was hilarious how shitty it looked but it actually worked pretty well..

  • @daveyboy8907
    @daveyboy8907 8 років тому +6

    Work smarter not harder..good thinking..

  • @bobgunner3086
    @bobgunner3086 4 роки тому

    To give you an idea of how far 200lbs of usable led goes, that would be about 6,080 230 grain bullets which is a typical .45 ACP load.

  • @JDeWittDIY
    @JDeWittDIY 8 років тому +15

    You need to make yourself a little combination shovel / sifter. Cut out 60% of the blade of a shovel toward the back of the shovel and cover it with hardware cloth. Then just get one shovelful, sift it right in place, and dump the shovelful of lead right into the bucket. Might need to make little "walls" around the back end of the shovel to allow shaking it and sifting the lead.

    • @CountryBoyPrepper
      @CountryBoyPrepper  8 років тому

      +J DeWitt DIY That's an interesting idea! Have you ever tried it?

    • @JDeWittDIY
      @JDeWittDIY 8 років тому +1

      +CountryBoyPrepper I've not tried it. The idea just came to me while watching your video. But I will definitely be trying it when I get a chance!

    • @bobsmind007
      @bobsmind007 8 років тому +1

      I was about to say the range I used to work at the guy that would mine the lead and sell it used the grating from a car grill and used a snow shovel he would mine anywhere from 100-200 pounds of lead per day and that was just from the public pistol line that he worked

    • @RobertMorgan
      @RobertMorgan 6 років тому

      CountryBoyPrepper Hey, my career in water distribution finally pays off! What you need, and what the above commenter described, is called a "Mud Release Shovel". They're used in trenching for water and sewer lines to remove debris WITHOUT taking water with it.
      Here is a great example, and you can see how it may really help:
      www.amazon.com/Mud-Sifting-Square-Shovel-Handle/dp/B006ERODTW
      Best of luck.

  • @disposophobic
    @disposophobic 7 років тому +3

    Glad you found a better range. Take care not to lift too much. You're helping wildlife and the environment too collecting all the lead!

  • @nursesheris8777
    @nursesheris8777 5 років тому

    Need to bring a small hand cart to get it back to the truck then you can stack a couple buckets for transport

  • @js-gy4tz
    @js-gy4tz 7 років тому +3

    Hello: The one thing I got from you video was how you respect the range back stop as a life long bullseye shooter I do the same but never dig out the back stop. Good job for passing it along, sadly I wish more reloaders were like you. Keep up the good work and you have made me proud Thanks

  • @danvondrasek
    @danvondrasek 8 років тому

    I just go to ranges, and buy buckets full of spent casings for $50 each, then go home, sort out the live or dud rounds, the lead, the copper and brass, and then scrap em. Average about $80-$100 per bucket of sorted material

  • @VileStorms
    @VileStorms 6 років тому +3

    Can you make a video melting down buckets like that, I think its at least 60% rock

  • @fredeb67
    @fredeb67 8 років тому +22

    I think you should ware a mask to protect yourself from the lead dust.

  • @becomingdrdad
    @becomingdrdad 3 роки тому

    I belong to that club, they explicitly tell you not to do that. War Eagle!

  • @TheRedneckprepper
    @TheRedneckprepper 8 років тому +6

    You are the range scrap king bro !

    • @CountryBoyPrepper
      @CountryBoyPrepper  8 років тому

      +Theredneck Prepper LOL!

    • @brendennel9939
      @brendennel9939 8 років тому +1

      hey man i couldn't hear the club name someone in the back round was taking a line of coke.

  • @bullgravy6906
    @bullgravy6906 Рік тому

    I’m a small time guy, I’d be fine with getting enough for 5 or so pounds of lead, of course I’m only interested in casting big bores so I don’t eat up ammo too bad. 20 round sis the most I’ve ever shot out of my .45-70 in 1 session

  • @TheHandiest16
    @TheHandiest16 8 років тому +9

    Truffle shuffle!!!!!!

    • @dozer1642
      @dozer1642 8 років тому +1

      Omg. Goonies!!

    • @ChristopherJones16
      @ChristopherJones16 8 років тому

      he better watch out for that lead dust.. its basically a Boobie Twap!

    • @kkirschkk
      @kkirschkk 8 років тому

      would there really be lead dust? I mean it has settled and I don't think bullets are really dusty

    • @ChristopherJones16
      @ChristopherJones16 8 років тому

      The Reeper Youre not a Goonie.. you wouldnt understand.

  • @bunnyhug4365
    @bunnyhug4365 8 років тому +1

    3:39.....improvised truffle shuffle. He reminds me of Gomer Pyle.

    • @CountryBoyPrepper
      @CountryBoyPrepper  8 років тому

      I had ACL surgery three weeks prior to filming this. I was supposed to be on crutches lol!

  • @scott98390
    @scott98390 8 років тому +3

    First rule of gun club... :-)

  • @Rattlerjake1
    @Rattlerjake1 8 років тому +2

    Try using a plastic leaf rake first to rake the surface lead into small piles; makes it even quicker! Also a small hand truck for moving the buckets off the range.

  • @georgefarrar3000
    @georgefarrar3000 7 років тому +10

    "When I go to melt it in my melting pot"

  • @watahyahknow
    @watahyahknow 8 років тому

    the amount of lead might have sumtin to do with the fact that its been a long time since someone cleaned the berm
    you could make a shakergrid making the grate a little longer and on an angle you shovel it ontoo the grate on the top and shake it using a cordless drill with an offcenter weight to vibrate it and let the mix roll down with the sand falling through the grid and clumps / lead straight intoo the bucket
    about lifting : get a beam and a chain and left the bucket from the shoulder between the two of you

  • @fall22123
    @fall22123 8 років тому +44

    Not trying to be a troll or safety Nazi but are you concerned about lead exposure? Not just picking through it and handling it with your bare hands but the thing I would be most concerned with is breathing lead dust. Shooting those steel targets surely pulverizes some of the lead. When you're sifting it, you're breathing some of the lead dust. I'm the farthest thing from an expert but it can't be good to breath lead-contaminated dust. Like I said, not trying to ruffle feathers just one dude looking out for another.

    • @kratozaku
      @kratozaku 8 років тому +2

      kinda makes sense, right ?

    • @thefresh2o
      @thefresh2o 7 років тому +9

      fall22123 and getting it all over his clothes, in his car, back home.... get your lead levels checked.

    • @namewitheld
      @namewitheld 7 років тому +19

      This. "Preps" for the future. Ignores the present. Doesn't look like he values his health anyway though.

    • @godaddy87
      @godaddy87 7 років тому +4

      touching it will do nothing. and pulverized lead when shooting steal won't make it into a powered enough to be inhaled but the dirt shifting lead could probably do harm due to lead contaminating the dirt around it when it rains.

    • @chuckfinley3152
      @chuckfinley3152 7 років тому +11

      fall22123 lead oxide is what you need to be afraid of, and lead vapor when smelting, elemental lead isnt going get you. ive been shooting and casting for years, handling lead with my bare hands. and my lead levels were nill

  • @terryadams2652
    @terryadams2652 2 роки тому

    This man has a good, healthy addiction to lead.

  • @NO-yx6yl
    @NO-yx6yl 8 років тому +3

    Use an wide flat electro magnet powered by an atv's alternator/battery while mounted. it'll take you five minutes

    • @kainenmattison2987
      @kainenmattison2987 8 років тому +2

      You use a magnet to pick up lead?

    • @Paintballinmike1
      @Paintballinmike1 8 років тому +2

      +Kainen Mattison lead isn't magnetic lol

    • @NO-yx6yl
      @NO-yx6yl 8 років тому +1

      it is weakly magnetic, but still magnetic, which is why you need a power source

    • @Matracokura
      @Matracokura 8 років тому +1

      Everything is magnetic to some degree. For an electromagnet you need a power source all the time, otherwise it is not a magnet. And given how weakly lead interacts with magnetic fields, you would need close to MW power. Those kinds of electromagnets you seen in particle accelerators etc. I bet it would not be a viable option to use something like that to pick up lead scraps.

    • @MrOlgrumpy
      @MrOlgrumpy 6 років тому

      Yup,get a lead magnet,the greenies will sell you one

  • @Artemirr
    @Artemirr 8 років тому

    rotor, slightly adjusted that turns the soil, onto a track, that sends it through ha sifter, with a large casing you can take the whole hill side, sift it and place it back. A riding, lawn mower could also be adjusted, the benefit of this method is the soil will become, less dense the more its turned. 90% of the hillside could done in about an hour. Sifters are old old tools, I would suggest seeking out now even better tools. Plus it can be a fun side hobby. just be careful when altering rotating motor parts. A mechanical tech book... that may be a use. Go seek. You can learn something about what much weight per rotating and fatigue vs gear ratio to how much you want to pass through, while not exceeding the limit of the strainer method.
    Have fun learning.

  • @patdennis3751
    @patdennis3751 8 років тому +3

    Need a particulate mask. There's loads of lead dust in that dirt....

  • @Brucie7702
    @Brucie7702 4 роки тому +1

    Theres an air rifle range near where i live in the uk. Each week they clean the range and they usually get 4-500kg of scrap lead. It fills 3-4 wheelbarrows. They sell each for £250 to a company that turns them back into pellets. I cant get any from there however i live near a place named yorkshire where there are hundreds of old lead mines and if you go near them you can find lead ore rocks that weigh close to 100kg. I want to go all around my country one day and get all the metals from different regions. Such as copper from wales, silver from scotland, tin from cornwall, lead from yorkshire, gold from wales and scotland, iron from lancashire and iron from the lake district. Great video man

  • @heathschwab
    @heathschwab 7 років тому +6

    Man I need to so that I need lead to make fishing weight for my fishing group. I do sell weights to buy fishing stuff for the kids. But also give lead away to the kids. But I don't get lead free no more used to get wheel weights but shops can't give it away to people or have there buddy they give it to. So I get roof lead from pipes. Do get some donations which I give them free weights doe the lead. Good vidoe have a good week god bless

    • @heathschwab
      @heathschwab 6 років тому

      Super Mutynt o yea when my boats going when it's flooding I go get stuff from the trees a d when it goes down so the same. Love free stuff cause more to give away to the kids and adults out fishing that needs a smile and blessing. Thanks have a good week god bless

    • @rickthompson1422
      @rickthompson1422 6 років тому +1

      Danny Schwab ....did the government crack down on or outlaw lead wheel weights? Swear I heard that on UA-cam somewhere....

    • @heathschwab
      @heathschwab 6 років тому

      Rick Thompson I don't no but there using a metal that not lead. The last time I got some wheel weights about 4 years ago 30 dolles for a 5 gallon bucket turned to be 3 pounds. I was mad but when I melted I had pound and half lead the rest steal I guess it didn't melt I was so mad. But I keep the steal or what ever it is and drill holes and use anyway there small square pieces flat so work like a no role weight. But it wont be long they will but since the stores sell must me OK. But go to UA-cam search do it rock weights there a Rock you can buy and drill and make weight I'm gonna do that and give them away to the kids. Thanks for asking I'll be googling thaT tonight thanks god bless

  • @YodaWasSith
    @YodaWasSith 8 років тому +2

    When you get that lead home, grab a large gold pan and you can get the rocks out ridiculously easy while also washing the lead of dirt. It'll reduce your slag and improve the purity.

  • @jyeunplugged1
    @jyeunplugged1 8 років тому +3

    Any ranges using golden bullets? 😂😂😂😂

    • @jdefabs2112
      @jdefabs2112 8 років тому

      In a wet dream once XD

    • @jdefabs2112
      @jdefabs2112 8 років тому

      The craic fiend , XD XD XD XD fuck you -.-

  • @williamgronbach4538
    @williamgronbach4538 6 років тому

    Idea.( use a clam rake with screen on it. Might screed the lead out without removing the dirt)

  • @honestfirecaptain5262
    @honestfirecaptain5262 7 років тому +5

    I like how you are a hero to your son! It's a great thing when this happens!

  • @m1a1abrams93
    @m1a1abrams93 7 років тому

    More power to you ,bro .like your videos ,get that boy to help don't just let him watch n shoot. That's part of the fun working toward the goal. Don't fill your buckets so full , my dad called it a lazy mans load ,never understood that till I got older. I thought I was hercules. We all make mistakes only human ,live n learn.

    • @RobertMorgan
      @RobertMorgan 6 років тому

      Still hate hearing my dad say that today, but to me a lazy mans load is having to go back, who has time for that shit, especially when I'm having to pick up his old ass's slack everywhere also on this farm. The groceries come inside in one shot because I'm days behind on other stuff.

  • @noahcole988
    @noahcole988 8 років тому +4

    No it's not heavy your just weak jk😂😉

    • @CountryBoyPrepper
      @CountryBoyPrepper  8 років тому

      I had ACL surgery three weeks prior to filming this. I was supposed to be on crutches! lol!

    • @noahcole988
      @noahcole988 8 років тому

      +CountryBoyPrepper Sorry I did not mean to be rude if it offended you

    • @CountryBoyPrepper
      @CountryBoyPrepper  8 років тому +1

      Not at all lol. I need to get a dolly. Take care!

    • @noahcole988
      @noahcole988 8 років тому

      +CountryBoyPrepper Take care as well

    • @S.Clause
      @S.Clause 6 років тому

      That’s what kids are for. You just stick to shootin’

  • @Sam-sy4bp
    @Sam-sy4bp 6 років тому

    It would probably go alot fast if you scraped under the steel paddles and there would probably be a lot less rocks in it to

  • @werawful
    @werawful 7 років тому +3

    *looks at a pile of rocks*
    "This is about 75 to 85 percent lead...."
    ...what??

  • @richardking8032
    @richardking8032 5 років тому

    Why not have 2 screens? One bigger then smaller for less rocks?