Hard to beat tss isnt it!?

From what I understand it was implemented because duck hunters would fire so many lead shells over bodies of water that the waterfowl would eat it, then get lead poisoning and die. Plus it’s a good way to sell “premium” waterfowl shells

Uranium comes from the environment, but you wouldn’t want me to spread it around your property despite that being “the environment”. Lead is naturally occurring, yes. However, you wouldn’t likely find a bunch of waterfowl living right there for the reason that they wouldn’t tolerate it well. Other organisms that do exist near natural lead deposits would have adapted to that over time. Also, a lot of pellets end up in the water which make their way into fish. Now lead is introduced into the food cycle and increases the risk of human consumption. So yeah, there’s plenty of reason not to use lead.

So does oil from supertankers, but birds doesn’t seem to like that either. 😂 Seriously look it up, lead is very bad for the living organisms and will accumulate in the body, slowly making one sick. Kind regards Niklas.

That’s a really great question. Form what I understand, The problem is that lead is a neuron toxin that are bad for almost all living things including humans at very low levels. Like others say if you have lots of people shooting over many years it can get into the water and into the birds. It’s not just about killing ducks form lead poising… if the ducks have high levels of lead we are also eating lead when we eat the animals we hunt. Im on the fence about shoot lead at the range but I’m planning on using lead alternatives for anything I plan to eat.

I used to think the same way about lead, “what’s the big deal?” Yes lead comes from the soil, however it’s not CONCENTRATED like over bodies of water, where lead shot is literally distributed like “bird seed” in heavy heavy concentrations by us hunters every season. There’s bodies of water that have been getting these high concentrations of lead shot for over 150 years from lead shotgun hunters. The lead piles up at the bottom and ducks and other animals injest them. So switching to steel (or other non toxic shot) helps keep the concentrated levels of toxic lead out of the food chain. Every little effort helps. Steel when sitting exposed on the soil or in water, oxidizes and eventually turns back into iron and “rusts away.” It’s far less toxic in concentrations than lead. Lead does NOT oxidize away.

Pure copper cartridges are already on the market by rottweil and Fob but come with a higher price as expected. Pure copper shot has been used by reloaders for some years now with great results but the cost is the problem. Copper coated steel is used also but it will not change the composition or rulings with steel shot usage and choke/older nitro proofed shotguns

1990 and older only for steel as hot

Ok. Mine is old. Lead only. Thanks for the info.

How does steel not kill as good as lead

@@ethannewcombe7093 steel doesnt keep its energy/velocity as much as lead does and steel deform very badly while lead keeps it energy/velocity further and have much better deformation/wound cavity than steel because lead is softer and heavier. Rule of thumb, you need to go 1 or 2 shot size bigger with steel to keep the same killing capacity but you'll obviously get less pellets and less density in your patern.

@@Rambocop9WRONG! You have it backwards…. Steel does NOT DEFORM. LEAD being softer, DEFORMS easier when compressed than steel. The issue with steel is that the tighter the choke, the harder steel shot is to,that choke because it will not DEFORM to,adjust through the tighter choke. Something’s got to give and since steel won’t give like lead through a tight choke, the choke and barrel will “give,” DEFORM, and bulge badly. Steel works fine if one knows how to adjust to it. Go 2 sizes larger with steel shot and one choke diameter size larger with steel shot and it performs nearly identical then to lead. I’ve been hunting with steel in the USA since 1991 when it was mandated nationwide for ducks and geese. I bring home my bag limits with #2 Steel 3” magnums and a Modified (1/2) choke every season. For small game like dove and wild quail, I used #7.5 lead shot from an Improved Cylinder (1/4) choke. Now I switched to #6 steel and dropped open to,a Skeet (1/8) choke. It works just fine and I can’t tell any difference. Remember, steel shot holds TIGHTER with a more open choke than lead. A Modified (1/2) choke with steel is nearly identical in performance to a Full choke with lead. Yes a Full choked family heirloom is just ass-out with today’s steel ammo. You should never use a choke tighter than Modified (1/2) with steel, otherwise you will damage your choke. That’s just the breaks, but that’s a good excuse to tell your wife that it’s time you reward yourself with a new modern shotgun! 😊😊😊 Stop going out to dinner every single weekend for a couple of months and save up for a nice Beretta, Browning or Miroku 12ga that can handle steel if you don’t already have a “steel shotgun.”

Cant argue with that mate 👍

Or small calibres. 4/10, 28 bore, and possibly 20 bore will really suffer possibly become extinct.

@@martinhambleton5076 Almost certainly mate