Lead ban date announced

[martyn52]

I’ve been using Winchester copper .243
83g expand very well, retrieved from two neck shot deer

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

@Heym SR20 I take it you didn’t like the facts that Avian Influenza is far more deadlier that lead on wild birds as you disappeared from the thread.

 

[Heym SR20]

@Heym SR20 I take it you didn’t like the facts that Avian Influenza is far more deadlier that lead on wild birds as you disappeared from the thread.

There are times when I really cannot be bothered to respond to all the leadites on here.

Re Avian Influenza- I was simply asking the question as to why wild birds seem to be unable to cope with a viral pandemic. Usually nature quite quickly develops immunity to such things. I would suggest that all sorts of manmade activities have created pollution that has harmed natural immunity. Lead is just one constituent part of the pollution, along with plastics and many many other sources.

Up here there is very very noticeable reduction in sea birds such puffins, guillemots, gannets etc. Much is blamed on Avian Flu, but there has major pollution events where heavy metals deep in the mud of harbours has been released thanks to dredging activities. This has killed off a lot of crustaceans, but also do wonder what effect this has on the whole food chain. Salmon numbers in rivers like the Tweed have crashed.

We probably won’t know, because fundamentally very few are actually doing the research.

Admittedly all the pollution released from the muds will be from earlier in our industrial heritage, but should we continue just carrying on bad practice and leaving our environment for future generations in a far worse state, with little ability to even provide a basic level of food for our own population.

 

[Hayduke]

I've been shooting for 60 years. I've never asked anyone about their political, sexual, or nutritional leanings while out stalking or shooting. So why would a politically left leanings person feel uncomfortable out shooting unless they insisted on tell all and every one about it.

No need to ask, you can usually id a leftie a mile off

 

[andyk]

Already a workable 243 then ?!

Yep, 80gr CX has yet to let me down. Perhaps doesn’t do DRT quite as well as lead, but no horror stories.

 

[Nickb]

No need to ask, you can usually id a leftie a mile off

Rainbow coloured hair , face shrapnel and dirty unwashed