On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:48:41 -0500, Ignoramus22688
wrote:

On 2015-07-27, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:37:59 -0500, Ignoramus22688
wrote:

On 2015-07-27, Gunner Asch wrote:
Ayup..they do the same thing here in the Central Valley. Aluminum
irrigation pipe too... thousands of miles of it. Its been going on
since the 70s. Mercury used to be commonly found in oilfield
gauges..often times quarts of it.

I have some good amount of that ****.

Save a couple of ounces. If you ever acquire a target pistol with a
muzzle brake, you'll need it to get the lead out of the brake from
time to time.

I have four ounces left, which will last a lifetime of shooting.


While I have some good amount of mercury, some on free form and some
inside secure devices, I am very reluctant to use it for anything. I
do have some experience with it and it has an almost supernatural
ability to spill and get lost.

It will splash and scatter off of any hard surface. I make a pocket
out of an old towel and lay Saran Wrap on top of the towel when I'm
cleaning lead out of my Hi-Standard pistol (which I haven't done for
years, but I used to do it after every brick of .22s.)

That kept it under control. Then I pour from the plastic into a
throw-away cup, and from there into my medicine bottle of used
mercury. You can keep re-using it many times before you either restore
it (not worh the trouble, IMO) or get rid of it at your local HAZMAT
collection site.

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Ed Huntress

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