[Jeff Higgins]

Market rate fluctuates a great deal. I've paid as little as a buck a pound, and as much as two or three. The price depends a great deal on how much you buy at one time; our local foundry gives a break at 200 pounds, another at 500, and a really good one at a ton. That's a lot of lead for even an avid shooter, so we go in on it as a group. Lots of shooting clubs, particularly muzzle loader clubs, will often make such group buys at cost to members.