When dad was a cop, he always made his own bullets...Don't know if they had to, (because the police department ) didn't supply them back then or he just liked to know the bullets he had in his gun...(it was old by todays standards) but a large 6 shot revolver.
The last home I bought there was some adjustments I wanted to builder to make and he saw a pile of lead pigs on my floor and said he'd do the adjustments for nothing in return for a couple of the lead pigs (I think that is what they were called. each weighted at about 4-5 pounds...I used them to counter balance an antique corner cabinet I had to keep it from tipping over...the lead was put on the bottom of cabinet, in the back corner. It had a large rounded glass door, heavier than anything you'd find today. My dad used hook and eyes to keep it upright. Attach it to wall. been the family about 100 years back then..
I just though it must be hard to buy...those suckers seemed heavy when you picked one up...my daughter now has the cabinet and the lead...it reminded me of the gold bullion you see and almost as big.....just curious I am... I was looking for something my son wanted today in the garage and I found his old ladle he used...Things are easier to find if one has a neat basement and garage, Idon't....I knew I had the bolt cutters, but think I probably threw them out one time when I got mad them for not doing the job..Like me they were old and not quite as sharp as they should have been...