Lead ban

[BenBhoy 4,706]

Was only a matter of time I guess. 

https://www.gwct.org.uk/news/news/2020/february/a-joint-statement-on-the-future-of-shotgun-ammunition-for-live-quarry-shooting/?utm_source=All+Contacts&utm_campaign=9ec9b5b0b4-Morning+Briefing+240220&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dd843c5cb6-9ec9b5b0b4-27467671&mc_cid=9ec9b5b0b4&mc_eid=10c03a2993

[BenBhoy 4,706]

https://www.gwct.org.uk/news/news/2020/february/a-joint-statement-on-the-future-of-shotgun-ammunition-for-live-quarry-shooting/

[Gav 1,708]

Aye

https://www.sacs.org.uk/news/lead-shot-joint-statement

[Sausagedog 7,381]

So muzzleloaders are scrap then!

What about game meat for personal consumption!

Has there ever been a single case of health issues from eating shot game?

Are not pesticides and slurry more harmful to the environment?

Mmmm I can smell cow muck again.

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Hang on....so all 22's and 410's are scrap!

[ianm 2,594]

Sold out by those who are supposed to represent our interests. 

All in the name of keeping jobs for the boys at BASC et al: and paying them to run around in Range Rovers.

[ADN-EA-15 12]

15 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

Hang on....so all 22's and 410's are scrap!

I’d have thought most old English guns are too aren’t they? 

[ADN-EA-15 12]

 

[Longshanx 832]

I know it's a 5 year plan so I wonder who will come out first with a none lead 22lr round? I use Winchester 42grn hollow point at the moment and it's a cracking round. Wonder if any manufacturer makes a lead free polymer tip ballistic round in time? 

[BenBhoy 4,706]

55 minutes ago, ADN-EA-15 said:

I’d have thought most old English guns are too aren’t they? 

I suppose they expect us all to start using bismuth & tungsten

Edited February 24, 2020 by BenBhoy

[Dervburner 2,548]

40 minutes ago, Longshanx said:

I know it's a 5 year plan so I wonder who will come out first with a none lead 22lr round? I use Winchester 42grn hollow point at the moment and it's a cracking round. Wonder if any manufacturer makes a lead free polymer tip ballistic round in time? 

Here......

[BenBhoy 4,706]

44 minutes ago, Longshanx said:

I know it's a 5 year plan so I wonder who will come out first with a none lead 22lr round? I use Winchester 42grn hollow point at the moment and it's a cracking round. Wonder if any manufacturer makes a lead free polymer tip ballistic round in time? 

To point out, it does state shotgun ammunition.

Guess they thinking less chance of picking up lead from eating a head shot .22 rabbit & rifle rounds not being picked up by the 100,000 swans & ducks that apparently die of lead poisoning every year.....  

Edited February 24, 2020 by BenBhoy

[Dervburner 2,548]

 I can’t see it being banned across the board for all calibres/bores for all uses within five years. I think there will have to be certain concessions, probably for small bores used for vermin only, and old or antique guns maybe?  Just my opinion

[Sausagedog 7,381]

20 minutes ago, Dervburner said:

 I can’t see it being banned across the board for all calibres/bores for all uses within five years. I think there will have to be certain concessions, probably for small bores used for vermin only, and old or antique guns maybe?  Just my opinion

I hope you're right. They tend to just white wash these things through mind!

[Sausagedog 7,381]

29 minutes ago, BenBhoy said:

To point out, it does state shotgun ammunition.

Guess they thinking less chance of picking up lead from eating a head shot .22 rabbit & rifle rounds not being picked up by the 100,000 swans & ducks that apparently die of lead poisoning every year.....  

100,000....has any one actually found a bird suffering from lead poisoning? I haven't.