Yeah, wheel weights...and don't forget linotype although that might be a little before most folks time here...when all 'modern' newspapers went to offset printing my local newspaper saw a bargain in all the hot type equipment being sold off and stayed with that technology much longer than other newspapers.
I never thought much about it but I suppose with all the big daily newspapers moving away from hot type that maybe put a glut of lead out on the market back then.
(You don't see it today...check out this ad for 7 1/2 lead shot...$190 for two 25 pound bags. My father, a trap shooter, would be rolling in his grave.)
https://www.amazon.com/Magnum-Lead-...d=1655852652&sprefix=lead+shot,aps,534&sr=8-3
I never thought much about it but I suppose with all the big daily newspapers moving away from hot type that maybe put a glut of lead out on the market back then.
(You don't see it today...check out this ad for 7 1/2 lead shot...$190 for two 25 pound bags. My father, a trap shooter, would be rolling in his grave.)
https://www.amazon.com/Magnum-Lead-...d=1655852652&sprefix=lead+shot,aps,534&sr=8-3
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