Wheel weights for sinkers
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I found an outlet that has wheel weights already poured into 1 pound ingots. Looking for strictly use of fishing weights. It is hard lead. Should i buy, the price is $3 per pound. Large volume discount possible. Just wondering if its worth my time and money. Thanks for your help. Sarge
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Re: Wheel weights for sinkers
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I would think you could buy sinkers for $3 a pound. Sure does not sound like any saving in that. I mold jig heads and use free wheel weight and a bought 150 lb of soft lead for .25 per pound. Then it is worth your time.
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Re: Wheel weights for sinkers
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Scrap price is less than a dollar
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Re: Wheel weights for sinkers
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Scarf 'em up while you can, wheel weights are mostly made of zinc or some kind of heavy plastic now.
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Re: Wheel weights for sinkers
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I save all my wheel weights for casting bullets. They are getting hard to find now days
I use pure lead for sinkers and jigs
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Re: Wheel weights for sinkers
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If you're serious about making your own weights. I would scrounge around and shop a bit first before just bought at $3 lb. I've poured a lot of lead over years. Paid little or nothing for most of it.
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Re: Wheel weights for sinkers
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You haven't bought sinkers recently. They are stupidly expensive, but so are the jigs and melting pots. The labor is what gets you, you're right on that, but I don't mind doing it. They don't sell the ones I make. My low tech set up... I very seldom use a sinker and if I do it is going to be a 1/2 or 3/8s oz egg sinker. I fish jig 99+ % of the time. 1/4 and 1/8 oz jigs. A plain jig head with a minnow on it. How heavy are those eggs you mold ADC? I used some about that size hand lining in the ocean.
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Re: Wheel weights for sinkers
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3 dollars is high.you can buy pure lead for less than that.I would not pay that.you can get wheel weights give to you for free from most of the small tire shops Send the guys a couple of pizzas for lunch every now and then and you will have all the wheel weights you ever need.
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3 dollars is high.you can buy pure lead for less than that.I would not pay that.you can get wheel weights give to you for free from most of the small tire shops Send the guys a couple of pizzas for lunch every now and then and you will have all the wheel weights you ever need. Modern wheel weights ain't what they were.
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You haven't bought sinkers recently. They are stupidly expensive, but so are the jigs and melting pots. The labor is what gets you, you're right on that, but I don't mind doing it. They don't sell the ones I make. My low tech set up... I very seldom use a sinker and if I do it is going to be a 1/2 or 3/8s oz egg sinker. I fish jig 99+ % of the time. 1/4 and 1/8 oz jigs. A plain jig head with a minnow on it. How heavy are those eggs you mold ADC? I used some about that size hand lining in the ocean. Jeez, I switched from 4 oz to 5, and then 6 once the tide started running. Left a few 80' down in a wreck too, $$$
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