pot metal
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pot metal
1. Cast iron of a quality once used for making cooking pots.
2. An alloy of copper and lead, once used for plumbing fixtures.
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And not some plastic piece of dreck from China, but guns made in America out of "real"
pot metal! Our heroes were John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.
Most failed to listen and have constantly come up with bad ideas such as parts that fall off the pistol when the grips are removed, to sights made of
pot metal that simply fall apart under recoil.
Silver, copper wire and
pot metals are recycled into new forms.
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