Lead, including lead shot from shooting ranges, can be recycled over and over. That’s why lead shot reclamation from shooting ranges is a good idea for several reasons. Here’s the top three. CHEAPER THAN MINING  Recycling expert Rick LeBlanc says, “Recycled lead is cheaper to produce than virgin lead. Recycled lead takes less than 25% of the energy […]

  Gun range cleanup is essential to good business, employee health, and the environment. While lead is present naturally in some parts of the earth’s crust, accumulation of lead in soils can be extremely dangerous. Shooting ranges are especially at risk for lead accumulation due to bullet fragments that scatter with shooting activity. Most gun […]

  High lead levels in your soil can sneak up and surprise you.  In many cases, you might not even have realized that there was a problem.  Perhaps you’ve had a test come back with high levels of lead.  Perhaps you’ve noticed ongoing problems yourself.  Ideally, you’ve gotten lucky and simply noticed that there were […]

  Police officers utilize firing ranges as a training course in every academy, force, and organization around the country. America’s 2nd amendment right is fully exercised in the law enforcement field to assist them in performing their jobs correctly. Gun ranges provide a safe environment for law enforcement to practice simulated exercises. Many law enforcement […]

  Outside firing ranges can end up putting a huge amount of lead into the soil and water.  There are a number of sources that detail all of the reasons why this is such a risk, but the biggest risk is in lead poisoning, which presents through fatigue, nausea, organ damage, and mental impairment.  All […]

  Our ‘boys in blue’ have enough to worry about on the job, the last thing they need is more rogue lead flying at them when participating in routine target practice. Many people may not even give this topic a second thought, but all those spent lead shot rounds have to gosomewhere.Unfortunately, where they end up […]