Look for the cost of storage batteries to double...
Look for the cost of storage batteries to double...
Much ado about nothing. Lead for ammunition almost all comes from recycled batteries. Shutting down a 120 year old, uneconomical plant is not going to cause the cost of lead to go up. The larger Teck Cominco Smelter in Trail, BC, is so close to Washington you could probably stand on the US side and hit the smokestack with a good rifle. And if it makes sense to have domestic primary lead smelting in the US, someone will build a new one, designed from the ground up to not poison the landscape around it. In fact, it would probably be a good thing if the EPA could somehow force the same decision on the smelter at Trail. I've been there, the place is a disaster.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |