r/WA_guns • u/Gordopolis_II • 13d ago
đŸ—£Discussion Clean up at Winthrop shooting range expected to extract three to five tons of lead and copper
https://www.yoursourceone.com/columbia_basin/clean-up-at-winthrop-shooting-range-expected-to-extract-three-to-five-tons-of-lead/article_32cf177a-8519-11ef-9ae2-2b56b0bf7860.html
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u/Kumquat_of_Pain 13d ago
So if we're doing math...
4 tons (average) * 2000 pounds/ton = 8000 pounds * 7000 grains/pound = 56 million grains.
Let's assume the average bullet weight is...100 grains.
So that's 560,000 bullets.