Lead ban

[Moorsrabbiter]

Does anyone still shooting the humble .222 think that the lead ban has saved the calibre?

Ive never struggled to get ammunition for mine (Hornady superformance) but ive been thinking about upgrading my .243 (as I wont be able to get vmax rounds) to something bigger as a deer only rifle and keeping the .222 for all my foxing work, just conscious as its an old calibre I may start struggling to get ammo

 

[enfieldspares]

Does anyone still shooting the humble .222 think that the lead ban has saved the calibre?

I think good taste has also helped save .222!

 

[Hornet]

You should not have any great problems with .222 ammo in the future I think, obvious question, have you considered reloading? It's a great chambering to load for.

 

[Moorsrabbiter]

You should not have any great problems with .222 ammo in the future I think, obvious question, have you considered reloading? It's a great chambering to load for.

Im not really interested in re loading tbh bud

 

[Moorsrabbiter]

I think good taste has also helped save .222!

I love mine, great reliable round, flat shooting and nice and quiet

 

[Smellydog]

Who said it needs saving?

 

[Moorsrabbiter]

Who said it needs saving?

From becoming obsolete i mean, being left in the past. There are plenty of rifles that out preform the .222 with far more ammunition options available, all I meant was with the lead ban coming and the cut off being .243 it means that the vmax rounds will only be available in the smaller calibres

 

[Smellydog]

From becoming obsolete i mean, being left in the past. There are plenty of rifles that out preform the .222 with far more ammunition options available, all I meant was with the lead ban coming and the cut off being .243 it means that the vmax rounds will only be available in the smaller calibres

I still believe 243 will be exempt.

 

[Moorsrabbiter]

I still believe 243 will be exempt.

I hope so, its a bull **** rule/law anyway, I think they could just change legislation so that anyone putting venison into the food chain via game dealer, and/or supply pubs or restaurants must use non toxic, but if its just for personal consumption it shouldn't matter.

 

[Smellydog]

I hope so, its a bull **** rule/law anyway, I think they could just change legislation so that anyone putting venison into the food chain via game dealer, and/or supply pubs or restaurants must use non toxic, but if its just for personal consumption it shouldn't matter.

I don't think it will matter, unless we will have to take carcass's to an authority to be checked. Or a bobby in every bush maybe.

 

[enfieldspares]

For shotgun cartridges it'll just require a magnet. And if declared to be bismuth or tunsgsten or tin there'll be a request to "seize" a number as samples to be taken away.

 

[Smellydog]

For shotgun cartridges it'll just require a magnet. And if declared to be bismuth or tunsgsten or tin there'll be a request to "seize" a number as samples to be taken away.

Is this between arresting someone waving a flag or saying a prayer whilst looking the other way while someone gets stabbed?

 

[moeggesit]

From becoming obsolete i mean, being left in the past. There are plenty of rifles that out preform the .222 with far more ammunition options available, all I meant was with the lead ban coming and the cut off being .243 it means that the vmax rounds will only be available in the smaller calibres

Not sure what vmax has to do with anything except that you seem to like them. Other bullets exist

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

They simply won’t be able to police it!

Weekend before last I had friends over stalking and in the watering hole we were discussing this exact point, the all government agencies are SKINT borderline broke, Firearms licensing is under pressure and struggling to cope, I can’t understand or figure out where they’re gonna get the manpower to enforce it?

 

[finnbear270]

Always fables around .222 and the .270.

 

[cjm1066]

Is enforcement an issue, if its illegal to sell it which RFD will stock it and risk their business.

 

[Smellydog]

It's illegal to sell drugs... doesn't stop it though.

 

[finnbear270]

I seem to remember spending a lot of time reloading shotgun ammunition in my youth, I might look into casting again.

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

I seem to remember spending a lot of time reloading shotgun ammunition in my youth, I might look into casting again.

You don’t need to if you’ve got friends in far flung places

 

[muddy42]

I hope so, its a bull **** rule/law anyway, I think they could just change legislation so that anyone putting venison into the food chain via game dealer, and/or supply pubs or restaurants must use non toxic, but if its just for personal consumption it shouldn't matter.

This would be the sensible approach to shotguns and rifles. What really grinds my gears is that none of the shooting organisations seem to be standing up for some kind of exemption for the smaller scale amateurs and "one-for-the-pot" ers that eat every feathered or furred thing that they shoot. The lead released into the environment is miniscule and its frankly none of the government's business what happens on private land. The fact that shooting organisations are bending over and accepting a lead ban is a pathetic attempt to rescue the image of big bag shoots for wealthy London bankers, where there is and never will be consumer appetite for the volume of pheasant meat produced as a bye product.