Lead ban date announced
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Not disagreeing or arguing but where did you read this please
Here:
www.legislation.gov.uk
The REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2026
These Regulations amend Annex 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (EUR 2006/1907, “UK REACH”), to include the draft amendment proposed in the decision of the Secretary of State made on 25th June 2025 in...
Note the abject failure of BASC in regard to .243 Winchester. The authoritave voice of shooting?
23. Paragraph 12(b) does not apply to other projectiles which are—
(a)a calibre of less than 6.17 millimetres and used in, or placed on the market for use in, live quarry shooting, including related zeroing;
(b)used in, or placed on the market for use in, indoor target shooting; or
(c)placed on the market for use at an outdoor shooting range.
Yet being spun by BASC as somehow a success. Please, Alice, pass the sick bag:
BASC’s deputy director of shooting operations, Terry Behan, said: “In 2020, BASC and other shooting organisations took the initiative by announcing a voluntary five-year transition away from lead shot and single-use plastics for live quarry shooting, knowing that regulatory change was likely. Our priority was to uphold the shooting community’s long-standing commitment to high environmental standards while protecting the future of shooting in the UK.
“We’re pleased to see that the exemptions BASC successfully argued and lobbied for – including for small calibre rifles, airguns, shooting on ranges that meet mitigation requirements, and elite athletes – have been included in the Government’s plans, reflecting the practical realities of pest control, target shooting and competitive shooting.
“We are disappointed that the Government has not listened to the advice of the shooting sector on the inclusion of .243 within the definition of larger calibres.
Maybe it's time for BASC to just pack up and fade away. All puff and promise like ten year certificates. But never mind still good deals to be had on red wine in the quarterly magazine. Should come with a punched hole on the top left corner and ready perforated to make its use easier in the outhouse.
23. Paragraph 12(b) does not apply to other projectiles which are—
(a)a calibre of less than 6.17 millimetres and used in, or placed on the market for use in, live quarry shooting, including related zeroing;
(b)used in, or placed on the market for use in, indoor target shooting; or
(c)placed on the market for use at an outdoor shooting range.
Yet being spun by BASC as somehow a success. Please, Alice, pass the sick bag:
BASC’s deputy director of shooting operations, Terry Behan, said: “In 2020, BASC and other shooting organisations took the initiative by announcing a voluntary five-year transition away from lead shot and single-use plastics for live quarry shooting, knowing that regulatory change was likely. Our priority was to uphold the shooting community’s long-standing commitment to high environmental standards while protecting the future of shooting in the UK.
“We’re pleased to see that the exemptions BASC successfully argued and lobbied for – including for small calibre rifles, airguns, shooting on ranges that meet mitigation requirements, and elite athletes – have been included in the Government’s plans, reflecting the practical realities of pest control, target shooting and competitive shooting.
“We are disappointed that the Government has not listened to the advice of the shooting sector on the inclusion of .243 within the definition of larger calibres.
Maybe it's time for BASC to just pack up and fade away. All puff and promise like ten year certificates. But never mind still good deals to be had on red wine in the quarterly magazine. Should come with a punched hole on the top left corner and ready perforated to make its use easier in the outhouse.
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I think possibly because either bismuth contains minute traces of lead OR the commony used lead stynphate in most non-corrosive primers may "taint" any bullet with small traces of lead?
Lead styphnate - Wikipedia
Or a safeguard against lead residue left in loading machines then used for non-lead shot then showing on that non-lead shot?
^This.
Norfolk Deer Search
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how they going to police it?Who’s going to stop you buying lead bullets in bulk, between then and now?
I think so. I stopped doing science even before O Level but on the internet some sources say this:
Bismuth travels in crude lead bullion (which can contain up to 10% bismuth) through several stages of refining, until it is removed by the Kroll-Betterton process which separates the impurities as slag, or the electrolytic Betts process. Bismuth will behave similarly with another of its major metals, copper.
The raw bismuth metal from both processes contains still considerable amounts of other metals, foremost lead. By reacting the molten mixture with chlorine gas the metals are converted to their chlorides while bismuth remains unchanged. Impurities can also be removed by various other methods for example with fluxes and treatments yielding high-purity bismuth metal (over 99% Bi)
I suppose like anything else , it’s all fine until you get caught and lose your gun licence.
Who’s going to stop you buying lead bullets in bulk, between then and now?
If I get on BASC, it may be too late to do anything about the ban as a whole but I'll be pushing on the .243 button and, if possible, all rifle calibres as the amount of lead proportionally is tiny. Doesn't solve the inhalation issue and people are free to use other metals as they wish but I hope there may be some room.
HonestJohn
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If they monitor the shooting forums, which they do - they will already have a shortlist of whose mattresses to look under
23. Paragraph 12(b) does not apply to other projectiles which are—
(a)a calibre of less than 6.17 millimetres and used in, or placed on the market for use in, live quarry shooting, including related zeroing;
Am I missing something here?. 243 is 6.0mm, therefore included in the exemption??
(a)a calibre of less than 6.17 millimetres and used in, or placed on the market for use in, live quarry shooting, including related zeroing;
Am I missing something here?. 243 is 6.0mm, therefore included in the exemption??
.243 converts to 6.17mm
But we buy 6mm bullets for 243
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