And ideas?

Jig heads are way more lucrative than worm weights. Everyone uses tungsten for worm weights nowadays.
pellets are high quality lead, so some well designed jig heads made from them, on quality hooks, would definitely be marketable.

Check out Pinterest and/or Instructables. Lots of good ideas there. You can make your own even, instead of buying anything. Except the mold. 

https://youtu.be/hHD10DjxM1g

I think this is a very popular one. There’s a plethora of videos on this on YT. Good luck. 

Crusher Have poured lead fishing weights for years, theres do's & dont's when doing this, if you care for some advice feel free to ask me .I 'm not sure of your occupation so I won't go into details at this time. I have poured small ingots for the wife to put in the bottom of her curtin ends to hold them straight- the ones for patio doors - Costco sells the roll down awnings for patio's, then I make 8 to 10 oz. cannon balls to attach at each end with a shower curtain hook, this added weight keeps them from blowing around. Also larger ingots for door stops ,sprayed with plastic wrap , this stuff is easy to remove if you want to use the lead for something else down the road. Also have made some nice fishing clubs , just drill out the end of a wood dowel pour in the lead. just some ideas, but go with the large lee smelting pot you won't regret it. You might want to save that lead to cast your own bullets easily done with the pot . Darell

I made some potato gun ammo before with my spent lead, 2000 grain lead plugs. Would shoot through both side of a old D.O.T. motorcycle helmet.
I also made fishing rod butt balance weights, made the rod way easier hold and cast.
I made some lead plates about 1/2" thick that are fun to shoot.
I've made a small anchor for my kayaks.

Hi all

Educate me please.
Thought modern airgun pellets JSB for example had a lead/alloy mix.
Second thought- the vapour coming off lead whilst melting is highly toxic, human body has difficulty with lead .
Good idea recycling .

safe shooting

I am a bullet caster so old lead does not go to waste here. .30 cal up to 45/70 bullets. Also fishing weights, but don't need as many of them. Before all of this we used pellets like split shot to fish with. Cut them with a penknife and squeeze back together on your fishing line. Oh yea, that was back when kids were actually allowed to have tools. Yes you do need to be careful if you cast lead. You need lots of ventilation. 
Casting is messy and lots of work but it does save me money and I do enjoy it.
Rick B.

I have sold lead melted into 25lb ingots for sailboats for 2.00 per lb. also fishing weights, downrigger balls and muzzle loaders and re-loaders are always looking for quality lead. Right now I have over a 5 gallon bucket full. No one can move it. Over two years worth. Hope enough for the best part of a new gun. Sylvan

I use an old cast iron cornbread making pan, the one that makes cornbread the shape of, and looks like corn on the cob, to make ingots to store lead until casting into something. Makes it stackable and just pop a couple in melter when needed.

you could always make more pellets Reclaimed pellets LOL

"Crusher"I use the box of rubber mulch as a target holder. Now that I've found a really easy way to extract all the pellets out of the mulch, I have a LOT of lead.
Anyone have an good ideas of what I could use this stuff for? What could I make? I have considered getting a little melting pot at Bass Pro and making some worm weights for fishing. But I'd like to hear some other ideas from you folks since we have some very creative minds here.
Crusher

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Crusher I shoot into the box/rubber mulch affair as well. Please do explain your "easy" way separate the pellets. I have 3 big boxes of the stuff that I've been shooting into since last fall and they each weigh a LOT more than they did in Sept. Also is there an easy way to extract pellets from duct sealant or is that even necessary? Uj

I also want to hear about the "easy" way to separate lead from rubber mulch! I used to make my own jigs and heavy Rockcod irons but a friend who sells his tackle on the side has such great prices it's not worth my time anymore. He's always looking for lead.....

I'm not sure if this is his way, but I just shake the box and the pellets settle to the bottom. I remove the mulch and put it in a new box. I don't recycle the lead. The pile of lead on the bottom goes in the trash along with the box full of holes.

Wow - rubber mulch floats and lead sinks! Who'd a thunk it? Thanks Crusher! Uj

"Crusher"Wow, thanks for all the good info guys.
The easy way to get the lead is to use a 5 gallon bucket. Fill it about 1/2 way up with water. Then just pour the mulch into the bucket on top of the water. Just stir around with your hand or a stick if it is cold where you are. 
The lead will settle to the bottom. You just scoop out the mulch and throw it back in the box. You will be left with all the lead int he bottom
Crusher

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That's a better idea then mine, gonna try it. I was using a tray made from 1/4" hardware cloth. Pour in and shake the pellets (and small mulch pieces) fall thru put the left over in box to re-use.