If lead shot were outlawed or regulated out of existence, then the price of soft nontoxic shot may fall somewhat.

But today, if you'd like a flat of one ounce RST 2 1/2 shells, that's $110 per flat.

If you'd like the same shell in Bismuth, they've sold out, but when they had them, they were $65 a box, $650 per flat.

Cheap steel shot loads are $70 per flat, at Walmart.

They don't sell many, yet, because Walmart also carries Federal cheap lead loads for less than five dollars a box.

In a hundred years, if it still costs almost ten times what it costs for cheap steel shot, the only folks shooting the finest game guns made today won't be shooting them very much.