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Why, because they use it in paint for childrens toys? Actually, thank the fuell industry. Its the shipping costs that are driving up the price.
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Fuel prices have been high for a long time now...but the price of all metals has skyrocketed within the past many months due to the volume sales to China...I believe the stock market shows this variance in metals which would otherwise be stable if the cost increase was due to shipping, a factor external to the cost of the metals themselves.
Or looked at another way, when our Trap & Skeet club gets it's quarterly 18 wheeler shipment, the cost of higher fuels is applied across the whole load and might only add another .50 cents per bag of shot for example...it would not drive the cost of a bag of shot from $15-$18 all the way up to $33-$35 a bag.
Or looked at another way, when our Trap & Skeet club gets it's quarterly 18 wheeler shipment, the cost of higher fuels is applied across the whole load and might only add another .50 cents per bag of shot for example...it would not drive the cost of a bag of shot from $15-$18 all the way up to $33-$35 a bag.
The price of raw (smelted) lead was right around $1.50 a pound last week. It has been climbing steadily for several years but has taken a quantum leap in the last year or so. If you want shot and can get it for $36.00 a bag you'd better buy now! I saw it locally yesterday for $34.00. My house is literally on top of a lead mine and it's no cheaper here!
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I go to the scrap metal yard about once a month and they don't always have any shot every time I go there but when they do I grab it .So far I've got #10 ,8,7,6,4,2 and some metric size shot in all I've bought around 100 pounds .Some of the bags were new and some only 1/2 to 3/4 full but the price was about half of retail.
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Yikes!! I used to shoot a lot of trap -- not so much now as before the prices went nuts. I have decided that if it hits $25 a bag I put down the gun. I have already cut back my ML and other types of shooting. I still shoot - but not as much as before 
Yeah, several years ago when I began a love affair with lead round balls I was always crusiing auctions on the look out for great deals.
Gradually I've built up a supply of a couple thousand each in .395/.440/.490/.520/.530/.570 at an average delivered price of $3.50-$4.50/100...had been feeling that maybe I went overboard...don't feel that way anymore :grin:
Gradually I've built up a supply of a couple thousand each in .395/.440/.490/.520/.530/.570 at an average delivered price of $3.50-$4.50/100...had been feeling that maybe I went overboard...don't feel that way anymore :grin:
