Posted on 03/19/2021 8:41:19 AM PDT by w1n1
I’m moving away from using lead projectiles and instead using depleted uranium because it’s safer for the environment.
(-;
What world are you living in? Cabela’s - Rural King - Farm & Fleet all have ZERO Ammo in stock - the shelves have been empty since January. The Manager at Rural King told me they have no deliveries scheduled for Ammo until June.
In other words, about average for 'Am Shooting Journal'.
When you’re not posting old news, how about a donation?
An early ping for next month.
This is the FreeRepublic “1 of” Ping List. The FR “1 of” Ping List is comprised of folks who post hit and run clickbait threads and then rarely if ever reply to posts.
“1 of” Ping list members: Your donations are needed during the next FR Fund Raiser. FR members pay for you to post your hit and run threads for free. Your donations are needed to pay back FR members who pay for your free use of FR bandwidth.
Please donate here.
https://freerepublic.com/donate/
The “1 of” ping list is on my home page.
DU gets a bad rap and it does not mushroom well at all but plays hell with armor.
I've been a TTSX guy since I started reloading 10 years back; probably cause blue is my favorite shade. In the end it's where you hit them.
My mark V 30-378 reloads leave the barrel at 3280 with 180 TTSX's (98 grains RL 22)and with my favorite mark V I can put 3 through the same hole off sandbags every other time. Sure glad I started reloading for accuracy on my hunting guns; but luv mag tech and S&B for fmjs.
Lead pellets are inert. They don’t break down.
so how, precisely, are they toxic, and to whom?
= = =
I can imagine that a duck could suck some up off the bottom of a lake, and grind them up in its gizzard.
Usually to the target.
Over the years, there has been much said about that, where waterfowl ingest lead pellets off the bottom while eating muck, etc., from ponds, shorelines, etc.
Lost cripples can result in lead being invested by predatory birds and mammals, as well.
Good point! There have been mass goose and duck kills in certain areas of Minnesota over the years blamed on the ingestion of lead shot. Seems to be a problem with deer meat from deer killed with lead-based ammo as well.
https://www.outdoorlife.com/is-game-meat-shot-with-lead-safe-to-eat/
Lead poisons the environment. Switch to depleted uranium.
Actually last is very much durable and not a problem in the environment. Toxicity is a problem only when lead metal is ingested. Shot or fragment quickly react with groundwater which in the US is usually high in carbonate and calcium content along with phosphorus and other components.
Oxides or phosphate coatings are actually quite resistant to acids, even in stomachs.
Usually, lead shot passes through the digestive tract of birds and mammals in less than 48 hours, short enough to not impact the external lead compound coatings.
For ranges, controlling water flow and applying amendments like TSP, or high phosphate fertilizers, quickly immobilizes metallic ionic lead and routine harvesting of fragments further reduces risk.
I wrote a madters thesis on this topic for Env Mgmt.
The panel wanted to argue with every matter of science that wasn’t included in the PC version of the narrative..
ok...but what did you think of the joke?
I think it was okay. But I’m not a real humorous type of guy.
Why not regular U? ;)
I was at Cabelas yesterday. I overheard the girl behind the gun counter that they had to change up their ammo days (guess it was the same day every week or 2 weeks) because a truck at a different store was “hijacked”. Not sure is it was true...but it wouldn’t surprise me.
The animal worshiping, misanthropic left has been pecking against lead in bullets for a couple of generations. Look at many of the people around us. Do most of them look healthy and fit? No, and it’s not lead that makes them that way. It’s leftism.
That’s Funny,
Right there!!!
.
Idiocracy,
Seinfeld or Something,,,
We have pass into a Nonstop
Freak Show as a Nation and
Comedy is our Only hope!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.