No more lead for bullets?

[MarkB]

This posted on Fox news today.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/18/end-line-for-lead-bullet-regulations-bans-force-switch-to-green-ammo/

[Radnor]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/2/obamas-epa-smelter-closing-will-not-affect-ammunit/

Gun owners can rest easy about one aspect of President Obama’s agenda. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
decision to close the country’s last remaining lead smelter will not cause further ammunition shortages or higher costs.

Lawrence Keane is the senior vice president and general counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF),
which represents the ammunitions and firearms industry.

“Manufacturers use recycled lead to make ammunition. They don’t buy from smelters,” Mr. Keane told me Monday.
“The EPA closing, which has been in the works for a while, will have no impact on production, supply or cost to the consumers.”

[MarkB]

Good info, Radnor.  Thanks.

[Adrenolin]

Going to copper only ammo, IMO, is not the best of ideas either. The economical impact it'll have nationwide in the coming years will be heavy.

[SturmRugerSR9]

This is a great opurtunity to recycle old used auto batteries. They are almost totally recyclible lead and plastic.

[Adrenolin]

Thats where most ammo lead comes from now.. recycled batteries. We have a box in the garage where we toss all our used batteries and recycle it every year or so. Having a young boy we go through a LOT of batteries.