EPA Closure of Last Lead Smelting Plant to Impact Ammunition Production (06 November 2013)

New American ^ | Wednesday, 06 November 2013 08:00 | Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.

[Jean S]

I know this is an old article but I posted it as a reminder why ammo is becoming so expensive.

[refermech]

There are alternatives. It will spark many new materials. Still a shame though.

[dontreadthis]

tungsten commodities

[morphing libertarian]

Reduce ammunition

Reduce private land.

reduce the cattle

reduce coal

what else?

[SisterK]

Thanks for posting. I did not see the original posting and this is very interesting.
Again, EPA fixes nothing. When the work goes to third world countries, the environment suffers exponentially.

[netguide]

I heard that almost lead for ammo comes from recycled batteries,etc. Don’t know for sure though.

[drunknsage]

Let us hope your are right. I imagine once an alternative is found, the gov will move swiftly to ban it, calling the new rounds “armor piercing” or “cop killers”, despite little evidence proving so.

[FreeInWV]

If anyone’s car develops a shimmy, its probably because I stole your wheel weights.

[CMailBag]

Reduce healthcare—destroy actually

[mountainlion]

what else?

Agenda 21 is making great progress.

http://redicecreations.com/article.php?id=27901

EMP anyone?

[Figment]

I’ve heard that lead for ammo comes mainly from secondary smelters, recycled batterys and such. I’m sure someone on here has more info on that

[BillyBonebrake]

All I have is an old mossberg 22 but I love it. And hate this administration’s backdoor tactics.

[ConservativeInPA]

I do not like the federal government overreach and would love to see the EPA completely shut down. But with that said, the increase in ammo prices because of a lead smelting facility closure has been debunked. Ammo is more expensive and in some cases is in short supply becuase the demand for ammo is through the roof.

There are many components that go into making a cartridge. If there is a shortage of just one of the components and it is difficult to find a replacement for the component then there will a shortage of the entire cartridge. This is a supply chain problem and much more complicated than shuttering a lead smelter. However, the demand that creates the supply chain problem is the root of the shortages. I have a big problem with local, state and federal agencies establishing paramilitary forces and spending our tax dollars to force their socialist will upon us. I also have a problem with the line at my local Walmart on Thursday at 1 pm where the same people buy ammo before it gets placed on the shelf. Specifically, my problem is that I cannot usually be there at 1 pm because I work.

[refermech]

Reduce the humans.

[clee1]

I buy my lead from scrap and cast my own.

I buy my rifle bullets and reload my own.

I have about 500 pounds of lead on hand and enough components to reload upwards of 250K rounds - not counting what I have loaded and ready to go.

Screw the EPA - there’s always ways around their dictates.

[bandleader]

FREEDOM???????????????????????????????

[morphing libertarian]

FReep mailed to me

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/12/02/rumor-check-did-obama-close-a-lead-plant-in-order-to-enact-backdoor-gun-control/

[ExCTCitizen]

Let's all vote this November because if the Marxists posing as Democrats win, we will lose all our freedoms.

This is why I'm not caring about the social issues this year and in 2016, because we need to get people elected who'll battle Obama and the Harry Reid led Marxists. If we lose, we will lose a lot of rights.

[morphing libertarian]

reducing inmates

[eavesmac]

Thats all they can do until we reduce them. Its coming.......