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Old 08-19-2017, 10:13 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Legion489 View Post
Well if you look at the price of lead (there are NO primary lead smelters in the US! ONLY recycled lead smelters and they operate under strict rules. That means "expensive". So fresh lead has to be imported from... guess where? RIGHT! China!) has gone through the roof compared to what it was pre-Obobo. Now look at copper, zinc (remember when zinc was $2/ton?!), etc., and there is no way they can sell it for 5 cents each any more. I'm amazed they can sell it for six cents for that matter. Of course if you use a currency generator and see what $15/brick .22s are in today's money it may not be far off. Remember the 1968 Mustang cost $5,000 out the door too!
Actually 'Fresh Lead' is still very available. All the silver mines and gold ore production facilities have lots of lead as a by product.
Especially in the silver mining industry. A hell of a lot of lead is a by product and has been used in the industry for many years.|
The 'Lead Only' mines were toxic operations. Politics played in that game.
Piss on the HNIC who shut them down anyway.
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