moooose102
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we wont see the prices drop until the stores supply of expensive stock is depleted. when they have sold all the stuff that they paid big bucks for, then they can drop the price. if they do it before that, the store looses money.
Lead costs are dropping, when do we see results?
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1858rem
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if you want a hand in on the savings from the IMMEDIATE drop of price... cast your own
. you can jacket your own bullets if need be, but good cast bullets can be good up to ~1600fps
. you can jacket your own bullets if need be, but good cast bullets can be good up to ~1600fpsdardascastbullets
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65 Cents A Pound!!?
Hi Otto,
Would you please forward me the name, address, and phone number of the jobber that is selling pure lead for 65 cents a pound? I will then be dropping my prices exponentially compared to the two previous decreases that we have made in the past 8 weeks.
Will be anxiously awaiting your reply!
Hi Otto,
Would you please forward me the name, address, and phone number of the jobber that is selling pure lead for 65 cents a pound? I will then be dropping my prices exponentially compared to the two previous decreases that we have made in the past 8 weeks.
Will be anxiously awaiting your reply!
A little clarification on China and India buying and selling lead:
The metals industries of both countries import lead battery scrap, battery plates, lead cable stripping, mixed hard and soft lead scrap, remelted lead, lead ballast, lead blocks, chemical concentrates containing lead, and lead ore. They also mine their own lead ore.
Then they export pure and alloyed lead sheet, rod, wire, anodes, powder, oxides, lead mono silicate, and other bulk forms.
Does China buy lead? Yes, but not purified or alloyed bulk lead we need for bullets. Instead, it buys ore and scrap and turns it into bulk lead and lead products. That constitutes both competition and resource for the lead bullet industry. It's hard to declare that China is good for the industry, or bad for the industry. It's both. Things are sometimes a little more complicated than we might hope.
The metals industries of both countries import lead battery scrap, battery plates, lead cable stripping, mixed hard and soft lead scrap, remelted lead, lead ballast, lead blocks, chemical concentrates containing lead, and lead ore. They also mine their own lead ore.
Then they export pure and alloyed lead sheet, rod, wire, anodes, powder, oxides, lead mono silicate, and other bulk forms.
Does China buy lead? Yes, but not purified or alloyed bulk lead we need for bullets. Instead, it buys ore and scrap and turns it into bulk lead and lead products. That constitutes both competition and resource for the lead bullet industry. It's hard to declare that China is good for the industry, or bad for the industry. It's both. Things are sometimes a little more complicated than we might hope.
Berry's surcharge right now is $1.30/lb. That puts them at just over $42/K for 115g 9mm bullets. Of course their claim is that the surcharge enables them to be right on top of all the fluctuations in the cost of lead. Apparently they bought a bit too much of it when the price was high and forgot about the concept that their prices should be lower now.
Remo-99
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Due to the fact that most base metal commodity prices have taken a drastic plunge in prices, many producers that use them, are having contracts re-drawn, taking into account the much lower prices.
Producers that have a "surcharge" directly tied with the high costs of the base metal used in their product, really don't have any reason to be continually charging the surcharge, if the prices have fallen well below the cost, at when the surcharge was put into place. (if i worded that correctly, to make any sense).
But then there will be some companies, that are willing to edge out "a few extra bucks" from the end consumer, that's ignorant to the whole situation, and willing to believe that the price is still through the roof and climbing.
Producers that have a "surcharge" directly tied with the high costs of the base metal used in their product, really don't have any reason to be continually charging the surcharge, if the prices have fallen well below the cost, at when the surcharge was put into place. (if i worded that correctly, to make any sense).
But then there will be some companies, that are willing to edge out "a few extra bucks" from the end consumer, that's ignorant to the whole situation, and willing to believe that the price is still through the roof and climbing.
MSWildfowler
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Maybe some of the casters who shut their doors will re-open them with the price of lead being what it is right now??
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