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To: T-Bird45

So, where are we getting the lead now for bullets?


56 posted on 09/08/2014 6:16:43 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector

Given your screen name, the snappy answer would be we’re digging it out of back stops and melting it to pour in casting molds over a campfire...:-)

Actually, a good question that I’ve not seen answer to but a SWAG would say foreign sources.


57 posted on 09/08/2014 7:05:37 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: crusty old prospector; T-Bird45

Virtually all the lead for bullets comes from recycled lead. This comes from car batteries, wheel weights, and other sources.

There is a large lead recycling smelter reasonably close to the virgin lead smelter that was shut down, I have read.


58 posted on 09/08/2014 7:42:31 AM PDT by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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