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[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn't tungsten harder to refine?

IIUC, silver cost less than $1 a gram—the rich can afford it—and I suppose it could be recycled.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably, but tungsten steel shotshells are already readily available.

The point of this is to not be broadcasting lead all over the countryside. Silver, gold, or otherwise, nobody is going to be able to pick up all the pellets from any shots that don't hit the target. And in shotgun hunting, that's most of them. Some ranges do dig up their backstops now and again and reclaim the lead, but in a hunting context that's quite impossible.

[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks for the link.

If refining tungsten is less un-environmental than refining silver, then okay.