- Latest news
Countryside organisations welcome cartridge manufacturers commitment to the future of game shooting in the UK
Group responds to statement on lead ammunition.
- Offbeat
A soluble solution?
BASC’s head of wildfowling, James Green, tests the performance of the latest ‘eco-wad’ cartridges in the field.
Lead profile
Steel – more than a glance – Matt Ellis
Matt Ellis BASC head of science, experienced game and pigeon shooter. Steel can penetrate better than lead by cutting through feathers, rather than balling them up and dragging them in to the wound. We’ve found that lead can lose 30% of its energy this way. The powders and the quality of factory loads Read more…
Lead profile
Steel – more than a glance – Tom Sykes
Shoot photographer, sporting author and seasoned wildfowler from the North West.
Lead Shot
STEEL – more than a glance
From sceptics to converts, several experienced shots share their thoughts on shooting with steel.
- Features
The view from afar
Our friends from overseas provide an insight into how hunters in their countries have adapted to using non-lead ammunition.
Lead profile
Steel – more than a glance – James Green
BASC head of wildfowling, wildfowler and pigeon shooter
Lead profile
Steel – more than a glance – Innis Finlay
Part-time gamekeeper, wildfowler and BASC South West regional officer.
- Latest news
A joint statement on the future of shotgun ammunition for live quarry shooting
Together we wish to see an end to both lead and single-use plastics in ammunition used by those taking all live quarry with shotguns within five years.
