On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 01:08:20 -0500, "Steve W."
wrote:

Bob Engelhardt wrote:
On 1/19/2014 6:57 PM, Richard wrote:
... Each shell is stamped from virgin metal, ...

That's curious. Is there something else that it could be stamped from?

Bob


Yep.
Virgin metal means it is steel with no recycled metal added.

As opposed to steels which contain recycled steel as well as virgin metal.
Or "chinese steel" that has Melamine in it - - -