Ridiculous rates for ammunition will end recreational shooting
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8x57
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Pine Marten
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Did it have a much louder bang than it seems to these days perchance?I do, and it was better powder back then.
8x57
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Of course it did, you only needed the merest pinch of it and it was super accurate too. Any round you fired was simply pointed in a roughly general direction and you got a guaranteed centre hit every time. 
Actually I remember buying complete boxes of Nobel powder (12 tins to the box) for just over £10 a canister. The good old days.
Actually I remember buying complete boxes of Nobel powder (12 tins to the box) for just over £10 a canister. The good old days.
Buy now and buy lots!!
A Guy Out West
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A little good news on the primer issue. A brand new company has taken over an old Amy depot in East Texas and will be producing large numbers of primers. The name of the new company escapes me but it should be a quality operation, the plant is already set up. End of the first quarter Is the expected production beginnings. This should give some relief to the Vista brands.
badmolassesaccident
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10 schillings
Bavarianbrit
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Assuming fallow deer are shot at 16 months giving a 27.00 kg dressed out weight.
@ £2.75 per copper cartridge used & at 2x shots per deer = £5.50 per deer carcass = £0.205 cost per kilo to the hunter.
Federal PowerShok 150gr SP .308 presently £26.95 a box of 20 rounds = £1.35 per traditional cartridge shot & at 2x shots per deer = £2.70 per deer carcass = £0.10 cost per kilo to the hunter.
@ £2.75 per copper cartridge used & at 2x shots per deer = £5.50 per deer carcass = £0.205 cost per kilo to the hunter.
Federal PowerShok 150gr SP .308 presently £26.95 a box of 20 rounds = £1.35 per traditional cartridge shot & at 2x shots per deer = £2.70 per deer carcass = £0.10 cost per kilo to the hunter.
Bavarianbrit
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Do they do pint measures in Austria?10 schillings
Federal Nosler Partition 150gr @£2.75 per lead core cartridge used & at 2x shots per deer = £5.50 per deer carcass = £0.205 cost per kilo to the hunter.
But I certainly agree the dealer should pay more per kilo for deer shot with lead free, whether expanding petals or fragmenting design, because there is significantly less meat contaminated with metal that has to be discarded from every carcass.
Alan
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Federal Nosler Partition 150gr @£2.75 per lead core cartridge used & at 2x shots per deer = £5.50 per deer carcass = £0.205 cost per kilo to the hunter.
But I certainly agree the dealer should pay more per kilo for deer shot with lead free, whether expanding petals or fragmenting design, because there is significantly less meat contaminated with metal that has to be discarded from every carcass.
Alan
Not that i like them that much but the reason is probably because they get a lot of people think a cartridge is a bullet so they are catering to the lowest common denominator, the section of their website they are found in is actually called projectiles so all is not lost . . .
Exactly.
Tell that to @Bavarianbrit who apparently sees it as purely a lead or copper issue rather than a bullet design issue.
Compare a Nosler Partition with the Lee High Defense Controlled Chaos lead free bullet that I bought last year at £50:00 per hundred. And you reverse his complaint with the game dealer.
Alan
Bavarianbrit
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Just adding my thoughts, I am not yet affected but I do have trillions"ish of lead core projectiles collected over the years to fill my retirement years with reloading for fun.
Lead/mono is not an issue where I live in Bavaria, the local game dealers are still taking all shot beasts without a squibble. I am seeing/hearing nothing on the grapevine around here apart from the forest offices demanding monos if you want to get a yearly hunting pass or go for a driven jolly on their land, maybe it is mainly a UK jobsworth thing.
Lead/mono is not an issue where I live in Bavaria, the local game dealers are still taking all shot beasts without a squibble. I am seeing/hearing nothing on the grapevine around here apart from the forest offices demanding monos if you want to get a yearly hunting pass or go for a driven jolly on their land, maybe it is mainly a UK jobsworth thing.
KingstonDon
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Hi - I'm trying to find a dealer inside the M25 who actually has lead-free .308 factory ammo in stock, but to no avail. Everyone I've spoken to can't seem to get stock of anything due to Brexit issues. It's not as if I'm trying to get anything special, just a replacement for my favourite Federal PowerShok 150g, which has worked nicelt for Reds down to Muntjac for all of my stalking life.
I need a dealer inside the M25 as I need to be able to drive there and shipping isn't an option. Anyone know of anywhere?
Pine Marten
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Have you asked William Evans? They actually carry good levels of stock and will go out of their way to source stuff if they don't have it.
Stalker62
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That is where I got mine last year (at Bisley).
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