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First, let's be sure be are using the same terms. Firearms use CARTRIDGES, consisting of the cartridge case, primer, powder, and bullet. After firing, the cartridge case is left at the weapon, the bullet has been fired out of the barrel, and is somewhere downrange. Empty cartridge cases are inert metal, and may be disposed of in a landfill, or recycled (many are brass). Sometimes lead bullets are recovered from a backstop behind the target, or from a bullet trap on an indoor range. These are usually lead, or lead and copper jacketing. They also may be recycled- in some cases, melted and cast into new bullets.

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