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I just bought a pair of 29" VTI RF stands for my M22ti, it's refillable with mass so I wanted to get some lead shot, looks like I'll need about a gallon or two of that stuff to get them filled. where can I get them for cheap?

Find a gun shop that caters to reloaders. If you have a Cabelas around they sell about as cheap as anyone...

Just don't buy the fancy copper-plated shot; it costs an arm and a leg and won't make your speakers sound any better

Lead Shot is best an is pretty expensive an is the best to do but in case u don't wanna drop the Dough u can get Sand an jus keep packin it in there will suffice , but i would go with the Shot if u got the $$$$ lol lol oh yeh an make sure u put something around ur Balls it gonna b HEAVY lmao when u lift it an move it

If you do go with sand, consider putting it in plastic bags to avoid leakage and mess. Also, another good reason to avoid the copper shot is the extensive break-in period involved.

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Also, another good reason to avoid the copper shot is the extensive break-in period involved.

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Not to mention the oxygen-free copper shot sounds so much better.

It sounds much better than sand or concrete.

We used to have a lead pot that we would pour hot lead into stands and racks. It was pretty cool to watch. It would make a 10lbs Item weigh 5 to 10X more.

I would think that lead pot would be very hard to smoke.

It is and it causes cancer.

I'd called around and the lead shot at local gun shops are very expensive, most of them wanted about $6.50/lb depending on size. I did a search online and found most scuba shops also carry some lead shot pouch vary from 1 to 10 lb to help diver sink, If I remember correctly it's call the Sea Pearls Soft Weights. They're selling for $2.50/lb so I bought 20 lb, the shot are way more expensive than sand but they're very dense and heavy!! each VTI RF stand have total of 3 tubes and each tube can take about 10~12 lb so for now I only filled the center piece, the shot is small and very easy to fill through the hole. :-)

Hitting the scuba shop was a good idea, I forgot about that. Lead shot for guns needs to be pretty accurately formed in order to fly straight, while lead weights just have to be heavy...

Sorry I missed that. Glad you found a source.

thanks for the suggestion though, these stuff is still very expensive eventhough I'm getting it from Scuba shop, it's going to cost about $160 to have all 6 tubes filled, when I'm done each stand is going to weight no less than 45 lb, hopefully it will be stable enough to combat my 1 yr old daughter!! LOL

I thought about using sand, but it's too light and very messy, perhaps I should hit up the local auto shop or junk yank and see if I can get a bunch of ball bearings!! :-)

Just a thought -- it's been 25 years since I took the classes but you MIGHT end up with more stability if you only half filled the tubes, ie had all the weight low to the ground.

I can guarantee it would only cost half as much

that make sense, kind of like most standing lamps with heavy base plate.....that's a darn good idea actually!! ;-) I'll stop by the Scuba shop tomorrow and get two more pouches and fill all the tubes only half way and see what happen, thanks for the great advice.

I've had sand in my stands for about 2 years now (with no plastic lining), and I've never seen a grain of sand on the carpet. Once it's in there and packed pretty well, you'll never see it again.

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