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Air Gun Home Forum Index » General Air Gun Questions and Topics » what do you do with your spent pellets?    View previous topic :: View next topic  what do you do with your spent pellets?   Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:51 pm eddie1976 Member Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 39 So, I shoot in my yard, there must be about 3000 rounds in the area I set up my targets (soda cans, etc). I'm thinking about getting a trap. What do you do with the pellets you recover from the trap? Is there special disposal given they are lead? Thanks   Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:01 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho i'm supposed to do something with 'em i thought they just soak into the ground and go back to nature. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:17 pm Peska Member Joined: 05 Dec 2007 Posts: 61 Location: Guam USA Besides my airguns, I am also fairly proficient with the 'ol slingshot. Spent pellets taken from the trap, melted down, cast into balls make great slingshot ammo. Takes a lot of pellets, but hey, I shoot a lot more with the airguns than I do with the slingshot anyway. Besides, if I run out of slingshot ammo, marbles work fabulously. heh heh Cliff _________________ God gave us the gift of life. It is the most precious gift ever. To be unarmed is to be helpless to protect that gift; that is outright irresponsible. Ted Nugent   Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:26 pm kanyon Silver Status Member Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 1582 Location: New Zealand Fishing sinkers.....Beleave me it takes a lot of shooting to get a sinker...   Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:25 pm Dust Member Joined: 31 May 2009 Posts: 77 Location: Mito, Japan & Georgetown, Texas What do you use to melt them down? Been thinking about this recently and wanted to know   Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:46 am kanyon Silver Status Member Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 1582 Location: New Zealand Dust wrote: What do you use to melt them down? Been thinking about this recently and wanted to know Made a steel pot...4" pipe with a 1/4 plate bottom welded on.... put the used pellets / lead in and use a gas plant..... Or yer could do it on a stove......   Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:05 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands I'm collecting as much of them as possible, when I got over a Kilo, I'll melt it into a lead plate or something, then safe that up untill I got myself a Blackpowder rifle. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:11 am fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2442 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia I pick them out of the critter and throw into woods. Or when cleaning out a metal trap I dump them into the trashcan. If I did muzzle loading or something else where the lead could be melted, then it would all likely be melted out. _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:25 pm SnowBunny Veteran Member Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 158 Gone Last edited by SnowBunny on Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:45 pm; edited 1 time in total   Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:58 am fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2442 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia I should mention that we have cats, and the litter gets dumped downrange... we have a pile about 7' around and 3' high... it takes most of the pellets. _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person. what do you do with your spent pellets?     Air Gun Home Forum Index » General Air Gun Questions and Topics You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 5 Hours   Page 1 of 1   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Main Forums----------------AirGunHome Q&AGeneral Air Gun Questions and TopicsPicture GalleryTarget Shooting: Casual, Fun and CompetitionHunting, Pest Control, Varminting People/Events/Airgun Issue Discussion----------------Introduce YourselfThe BS TopicClubs/Events/Regional/Political Airgun Issues Maintenance, Modification and Reviews----------------RiflesPistolsAntique, Collector and Novelty AirgunsBB GunsPellets/AmmoOpticsAccessoriesAirgun Smithing Buy, Sell or Trade Forums----------------For SaleWant to Buy   Note: If you are seeing "Please enter your username and password to log in." 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