Non Lead Range Event

[Alastair Boston]

The Forestry Commission,BASC & The BDS are holding a range day for deer managers to try non-lead ammunition to be held at Calton Moor Farm,Ashbourne, DE6 2BU (indoor tunnel, range 100 yards) on Sunday 2nd April 2023 8.30 am until 6.00 pm.

The cost of the event is £15.00 plus vat and the Eventbrite booking fee. Please cut and paste the link below to take you to the Eventbrite website to book on.

Come and try Non-Lead

The Forestry Commission are holding a range day for deer managers to try non-lead ammunition.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

We can take two people every half an hour starting from 8.30 am you will have half an hour to try 12 bullets either 3x4 or 4x3 ( different bullet manufactures) to ascertain how they perform using your own rifle.

Please enter the time you wish to attend when booking the ticket and we will do our best to accommodate you on the day.

On the booking form please register the firearm calibre you will be using on the day, the time you wish to attend and which ammunition you wish to try. If you have the following main stream calibres 308, 243, 6.5.x55, 6.5 Creedmore, 270 and 30-06 we should be able to offer these in non-lead. If you shoot not one of the above calibre's please contact Alastair prior to booking and I will check to see if we can obtain the calibre.

• You must bring your firearm certificate with you, no certificate = no shooting.

• If you are shooting an obscure rifle calibre we may not be able to provide the ammunition. Please contact Alastair Boston beforehand to check.

• If you are using one of the more common calibres we hope to be able to offer you three or four different manufactures to try.

• Please bring your own ear defenders/hearing protection.

• Tea and coffee will be available

In attendance will be the following suppliers ;

GMK- Sako & Federal

Ruag- Norma, RWS & Gecko

Edgar Brothers- Hornady

Highland Outdoors-Nosler & ADI

Edinboro Rifles-Fox

If you wish to know anything further please contact Alastair Boston on 07788 948 281 or email alastair.boston@forestrycommission.gov.uk

 

[StephenToast]

What a great idea.

How come these events only ever hapoen in the North of England?

 

[Alastair Boston]

What a great idea.

How come these events only ever hapoen in the North of England?

I am exploring holding another one further south,so I will keep you all updated.

 

[hendrix's rifle]

What are the chances of being able to try 7mm rem mag?

 

[Alastair Boston]

What are the chances of being able to try 7mm rem mag?

I will ask.

 

[hendrix's rifle]

I will ask.

Thankyou

 

[vpk999]

What a great idea.

How come these events only ever hapoen in the North of England?

That's not the North of England. It's way down South! What about all the shooters in Scotland?

 

[Alastair Boston]

Thankyou

I will come back to you after the weekend.

 

[User00038]

So that's £20 to try out 3 or 4 types of non-lead ammo that would otherwise cost about £200?

Sounds like an excellent deal.

 

[hendrix's rifle]

So that's £20 to try out 3 or 4 types of non-lead ammo that would otherwise cost about £200?

Sounds like an excellent deal.

It reads as if it's 12 rounds of factory ammo from either 3 or 4 manufacturers. Having said that, at between £2-£4 a pop it does add up

 

[Spix]

Or three or four boxes of each if you had to buy and try for yourself.

 

[User00038]

Or three or four boxes of each if you had to buy and try for yourself.

That's what I was thinking - 3 or 4 boxes has to be about £200 and you're potentially left with a load of ammo that you might not use. So experimenting with these and talking to people who know the different bullets must be the best way.

 

[Alastair Boston]

It reads as if it's 12 rounds of factory ammo from either 3 or 4 manufacturers. Having said that, at between £2-£4 a pop it does add up

Yes that's correct.Hopefully we will be able offer three or four different manufactures.We are trying to offer a realistic way of actually testing which ammo suits your rifle as cheap as possible,now what's not to like about that ! Hope you can attend.

 

[hendrix's rifle]

Yes that's correct.Hopefully we will be able offer three or four different manufactures.We are trying to offer a realistic way of actually testing which ammo suits your rifle as cheap as possible,now what's not to like about that ! Hope you can attend.

If there's anything for 7mm rem mag I will be as it's only up the road
I will wait till after the weekend is out to hear the verdict on that though.
Cheers

 

[paul o']

Booked
more to see if factory is as good as home loaded as it may be worth buying an amount of loaded than lots of bits to home load in bulk!

 

[Kalahari]

7 x 64??

David.

 

[Alastair Boston]

7 x 64??

David.

Hello David just checking, if we can get hold of 7 x 64 are you wanting to book on and attend ?

 

[Edinburgh Rifles]

We will have the following cartridges available to try in Fox and most of them in Peregrine.

.17 Hornet
.222
.223
.22-250
.243
.25-06
6.5x55
.260rem
6.5 Creedmoor
.270
7mm08
7x57
7x64
7mm Rem Mag
.308
.30-06
.300 Win Mag

(Potentially some larger calibres in 8mm and 9.3)

There have been non lead try before you buy events run by BDS at Bridge of Allen before
They do happen North of Watford Gap!

If you want to try non lead at a great range this is the event.

 

[John Doe]

What a great idea.

How come these events only ever hapoen in the North of England?

Probably because Alastair is a doer rather than a talker and makes things happen!

 

[NickJ]

What a great idea.

How come these events only ever hapoen in the North of England?

Because Alastair's area is the North, ask your local FC Deer Officer if he can do the same!