Battery Disposal?

[sgtsandman]

If you know any reloaders that cast bullets, they may want that lead.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I have an ancient partial car battery that was on my property too. Haven’t fully decided on what to do with it.

I also have a small pile of lead from cast iron pipe fittings. Wouldn’t mind collecting a little more of that…

 

[rusty ol ranger]

@PetroleumJunkie412 and anyone else interested...

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

@PetroleumJunkie412 and anyone else interested...

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Nature is healing.

 

[RobbieD]

It's a planter! What a clever idea!

 

[Josh B]

There are no longer any lead mines in USA, I think they closed the last one like 30 years or more

They've long since forgotten valuable lessons learned in WW2, one saying alone was, "Nothing left to throw back at them", I wonder at what point now they'll remember it :/

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I take my batteries in to my local battery store. I got $10 each last time. They don't care if the case is broken, as long as the lead is there.

 

[don4331]

If you know any reloaders that cast bullets, they may want that lead.

Using batteries for bullets is actually pretty bad idea:

Lead is actually too hard to make good bullets​

Lead in batteries is porous - originally to allow more acid to come in contact with lead providing more storage. Problem is, it 'retains' the fluid; bad things happen when heating liquids to several hundred degrees.​

Lead in batteries is mixed with calcium (newer batteries) and causes the release of Arsine and Stibine gas (older batteries) all of which are fatal, even in small quantities. (WWI Germans experimented with Arsine and Stibine gas, but decided it was too dangerous compared to Mustard gas to give you a reference).​

Once upon a time I reloaded 5k round/month for the RCMP training depot in Regina - we recycled a lot (4 gallon pail of lead is surprisingly heavy...), used a bunch of wheel weights, but we never touched batteries.

 

[JoshT]

Using batteries for bullets is actually pretty bad idea:

Lead is actually too hard to make good bullets​

Lead in batteries is porous - originally to allow more acid to come in contact with lead providing more storage. Problem is, it 'retains' the fluid; bad things happen when heating liquids to several hundred degrees.​

Lead in batteries is mixed with calcium (new batterie) and causes the release of Arsine and Stibine gas (older batteries) all of which are fatal, even in small quantities. (WWI Germans experimented with Arsine and Stibine gas, but decided it was too dangerous compared to Mustard gas to give you a reference).​

Once upon a time I reloaded 5k round/month for the RCMP training depot in Regina - we recycled a lot (4 gallon pail of lead is surprisingly heavy...), used a bunch of wheel weights, but we never touched batteries.

That's some good info. I was kind of questioning the vaildity of recycling battery lead in that manner myself.

 

[Josh B]

I never found anybody pay more for them than Walmart