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Originally Posted by dannyplug1
I am making up some jigs for the new season. My question is where to get the lead? flashing from the lumber yard? old sinkers? tier weights. I have been told that tire weights are not pure enough for jig heads thanks chuck
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You can use all of that to make jigs. Tire weights have antimony in them as well so they are not quite the same as pure lead (but it really does not matter all that much). If you get them for free...then use it, that is my motto.
If you don't mind paying for "clean lead" you can often find ingots on ebay. Shipping is handled via the flat rate box which allows them to ship a box regardless of its weight for something like 8 or 12 bucks. I get a couple 75# boxes of lead in the mail each year. If you keep your eyes pealed and are not in a rush you can usually pick it up for something just north of a buck a #.
I got a good deal on old net weights from CA a few years back , pure lead, great deal...but the girl dropped the box and the it busted open in the post office and round lead weights went everyplace. (The PO was P.O'ed but I got all my weights), now I buy ingots.
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