- Features
Voting shelved on Europe-wide lead shot ban
BASC continues to support a five year transition away from lead shot for live quarry shooting following an attempted wider ban on lead shot.
- Latest news
BASC fights EU lead ammunition restrictions
BASC is working hard against overly restrictive lead ammunition proposals.
- 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.
- 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.
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…
