Posted on 12/01/2013 9:49:24 PM PST by servo1969
Obama may be in charge of the EPA now, but this started before he became president.
And it was congress that granted the EPA dictatorial powers under the “Clean Air Act” (and the “Clean Water Act”).
Wheel weights.
The I-66 recycling facility near me has a shed always full of used lead-acid batteries. Might make a good business collecting them for the lead.
It worked for Henry Bowman.
“It seems to me that one recycled car battery would provide enough lead for one person for a lifetime. 40 or 50 pounds”.
I can recall reading on various reloading forums that there is a danger of cadmium poisoning if you were to use the lead from car batteries. They recommended against it, suggesting that you contact local scrap yards for recycled lead (lead pipes and roof sheathing from old houses, etc.).
I’d bet a lot of redneck reloaders would use car battery lead anyhow. Cadmium produces a toxic vapor when heated to the melting point of lead, so if cadmium alloyed lead must be melted, it shouldn’t be done in confined quarters and breathing of the vapors should be strictly avoided. There’s probably also a jillion environmental laws against it, but who’s checking?
Yeah, if I was desperate enough, I would too. I have a couple of old tractor batteries just in case.
I wanted to bring the potential of danger to the attention of Freepers who may not have heard about it. Your warning to avoid confined areas and use proper ventilation is a good one (I do that anyway when molding lead bullets).
My people won’t ever experience any ammo shortage either. I’m just so glad I found SPS for my factory made bullet needs.
“Lead free.
Not quite:
The current bullet has a core of very tightly packed lead pellets. “
ou’re right. Perhaps they could be marketed as lead-lite; double the lethal force but half the lead.
How about all the lead products used in home building?
Particularly lead flashing in roofing.
Sounds like (oddly enough) it has more punch than the CO2 (yes, I AM a polluter) models. I’ll give it a try. Thanks. If it weren’t for the proximity of the neighbors, the .22 would be in use.
“Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside.”
When the EPA began it’s war on lead back in the early 1970s. I always thought the real goal was to eventually ban ammo.
MAYBE its time for neighborhood groups to form well-regulated militias which could buy equipment to load and reload ammunition for the members.
Time to start a cottage industry of visits to Canada in large vehicles and returning with loads of lead, before they ban the import of said substance.
“I can recall reading on various reloading forums that there is a danger of cadmium poisoning if you were to use the lead from car batteries.”
I’m pretty familiar with the chemistry involved in car batteries, and cadmium isn’t there.
Interesting, since I have heard the cadmium poisoning warning from more than one source (of course, rumors are easily spread on the internet). Could it be Ni-Cad batteries and not car batteries? Perhaps the well meaning posts I have read have their facts confused.
Me too. I have bought enough ammo to do what I can as one man. It does me no good to have enough to hold off the army of the Marshal Islands and if they get me, leave all my ammo to them. I have enough to protect me and my wife for a certain period of time, I ain’t saying how long here cause the commies will know, but I have enough.
Agreed. Having too much doesn’t seem viable in any given scenario and may also help the wrong people.
Don’t want to go into too much detail, but I can see no need to buy more at this time.
The supply will dry up. These Enviro-Nazis need to be taken in hand.
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