Fascinating Read on Green Bullets

I don't know what to think either Mike.

Something tells me it can't be good that our only U.S. lead smelter has closed.

Guy
 
I've been watching this for some months, Guy. Some gun writers are claiming that it won't harm production of bullets (or batteries, or anything else) because of all the lead that is already available. Somehow, I'm not so confident. The fact that the EPA regulations were the genesis of the shutdown, and that the smelter can't smelt lead profitably even with building a new smelter is disturbing. I've lost trust in the government(s).
 
You've lost trust in the Gov't ?

I gave up all hope five years ago.
And today they passed a budget bill that will cut retirement benefits to military veterans in order to subsidize illegal immigrants ?

Common men with common sense no longer exist in our Government.
The entitlement crowd is in control.
For now.
Common sense will prevail, but at what cost ?
 
...call me a pessimist, but if the EPA has anything to do w/ anything, it is not going to turn out well for the general population...
 
Things are changing, and it may not be for the best for those of us who shoot.
 
I'm not much on solid metal bullets, but that idea may be gaining in popularity.

Are there down sides to that type of bullets?

Personally, I'm a Partition guy 8) :grin: :mrgreen: !
 
"Are there down sides to that type of bullets?"

They can over penetrate. You do a tough stalk on the trophy deer of your dreams and are finally in postion for a shot. He's standing in a bunch of does and if you shoot, you'll easily take him down and a couple of does in the process. Last time I looked Game & Fish frowned seriously on such doings. For the record, I was in just that exact positition the last time I drew a tag A very nice Kaibab Mule Deer in my sights and if I shot, at least two, maybe three does would be hit. I was using my then new to me .35 Whelen with the 225 gr. Barnes TSX. A few years later I shot a cow elk with that same load and the 225 gr. TSX hit just behind the short ribs and exited between the neck and right shoulder.
On that deer hunt, my hunting partner was using the 100 gr. Barnes TSX in his .257 Roberts and he couldn't take a shot for fear of over penetration.
Arizona asks hunters to voluntarily use monometal bullets in the Kaibab National Forest and Arizona strip country because they're part of the Condor flyway. They're not mandatory so if I'm lucky enough to ever draw another tag, I'm going back to my cup and core bullets, unless they make monometal bullets mandatory.
Paul B.
 
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