Lead profile
Steel – more than a glance – James Green
BASC head of wildfowling, wildfowler and pigeon shooter
- 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 – 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 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.
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Shooting and rural organisations take responsibility of move away from lead ammunition
Shooting and rural organisations announce five-year transition away from lead shot and single-use plastics for live quarry shooting.
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Defra issues statement in response to lead ammunition announcement
Environment minister welcomes new lead position.
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Westminster welcome for lead-free pledge
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP has welcomed the statement from leading rural organisations calling for an end to the use of lead in shotgun cartridges used for live quarry within five years.
