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bimini

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 156

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 08 8:08 pm Post subject: disposing of lead pellets?
Have recently bought an air rifle which I am practicing with so that I can soon feel confident about putting something in the pot. I've made a pellet catcher but now need to dispose of the pellets. I am guessing that they are made of lead and so how should I be disposing of them? I feel uncomfortable putting them in my bin for landfill. Can they be recycled? What do other downsizers do?

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 08 8:26 pm Post subject:
I collect mine and I'll take them along to the rifle club I belong to as they sell all their scrap lead. Otherwise I'd take them along to our local tip and put them into the metal skip unless they had a specific area for lead.

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 08 8:33 pm Post subject:
Do you fish or know anyone that fishes? They can make some cheap weights. Justme

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 08 8:35 pm Post subject:
Or diving clubs make their own weights (or used to). Mind you, you'd need a lot of pellets.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 08 10:04 am Post subject:
I could turn them into bullets for black powder pistol shooting. We fire them into a sand back stop (on their way through a paper target) and evey year recover the lead which is sold for scrap or reused. If you want to dispose of any small amounts of lead and are coming to the downsizer meet I'd be interested. Reuse lead please.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Sat Apr 12, 08 10:45 am Post subject:

Justme wrote:

Do you fish or know anyone that fishes? They can make some cheap weights.

Justme

Oh know you can't Richard. Its been made illegal to use small lead fishing weights because of the threat to swans and other waterfowl, who dredge them up off the bottom of lakes and rivers as they are feeding.

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Sat Apr 12, 08 1:04 pm Post subject:

bodger wrote:

Justme wrote:

Do you fish or know anyone that fishes? They can make some cheap weights.

Justme

Dint mean the small ones. Was thinking about the larger weights.

Like these https://www.fishingweightmolds.com/shop.php?viewcategory=101

Justme

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