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whats lead shot doing in your particluar area with raw lead at 1.00 a pound now?
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More than a year ago my gun club contracted a company to come in and reclaim the lead from our two trap ranges. They paid us $65,000.--
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$47 plus tax.
The shot in the 'pipeline' is going to be expensive for some time, even if the price of lead stays around a buck or less.
I'm still working on 50 bags I bought at $23.
Rumor is price on new shells is going up 9-1.
Strategy is get your other components now, and wait out the lead as far as possible.
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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We keep hearing that factory steel loads will eventually be less expensive, but they're not there yet. Just checked a Wal-Mart in Iowa the other day, where hunters may have to shoot steel at doves starting next month. The Winchester steel target loads were $6.47. Federal Game Loads (lead) a buck cheaper; Winchester Super Speed (lead), buck and a half cheaper.
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Local dealer is at $41.99/25 pound bag.
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Last I knew....$36/bag and coming down.
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Just bought a half ton of reclaimed cleaned, polished,graphited, and steel removed for $1.10 a pound. Contrary to every thing I've read, I have experienced no differance in performance than with virgin lead. I use this primarily for sporting practice and have been shooting targets up to 70 yards. I'm totally satisfied.
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Ken,
You can't tell the difference between a mix of #9, #8.5, #8 & # 7.5's and a load of #7.5 @ 70yds?
Is the shot sorted by size and is it all round?
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Last time I checked my supplier had a few tons at 37/bag, ton lots, you pick up in TX. With China cutting production the only way I see prices going down is re electing O Bama
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Actually, I think the charts someone had put up yesterday, showing the price dropping to about a buck a pound, can be read to indicate that there is actually something of a glut out there (probably more the result of decreased use) and stocks are being dumped in warehouses to keep prices artificially high. Take a good look at the amount in warehouses and how it's gone up, radically. That's a huge price drop waiting to happen.
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