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gejohnston

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5. Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue Feb 4, 2014, 09:41 PM

Feb 2014

and a few other countries banned lead ammo for hunting years ago. With the exception of Netherlands, the other three have fairly large gun ownership rates, at least higher than Florida's, so there should be a good sized market for them. Many militaries use lead free for various reasons.

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