It might seem a bit pedantic, but I'm getting more and more ****ed off with people referring to copper bullets as "non-toxic". It just suggests that lead must be "toxic".
We have been using lead for many, many years. It's no more "toxic" than it was 100 years ago and I'm not sure that many of us have died of lead poisoning. It's not as if it's suddenly become radio active. It's not suddenly become impregnated with arsenic or any other "toxic" chemical.
We are shooting ourselves in the foot when it comes to any semblance of a managed transition away from lead, waiting for the bullet manufacturers to come up with better product or at least fire up the production capacity to fulfil demand of the current copper offering. When we call it toxic we're nailing down the coffin lid ourselves and playing right into the hands of the anti's.
Why would anyone want to shoot "toxic" bullets into any landscape, being shooting deer, foxes, rabbits or targets. The government certainly will not endorse the use of toxic anything into the countryside and the general public will be horrified by it.
I'm not anti copper, I've tried it and at normal deer stalking ranges it works, but until it works in 22rf, air rifle and for long range shooting we do need to at least try to put off the day when it's banned.
So can we please get back to referring to bullets that are not made from lead as copper bullets, or brass bullets, or non-lead or anything other than "non-toxic".
Sorry, rant over
We have been using lead for many, many years. It's no more "toxic" than it was 100 years ago and I'm not sure that many of us have died of lead poisoning. It's not as if it's suddenly become radio active. It's not suddenly become impregnated with arsenic or any other "toxic" chemical.
We are shooting ourselves in the foot when it comes to any semblance of a managed transition away from lead, waiting for the bullet manufacturers to come up with better product or at least fire up the production capacity to fulfil demand of the current copper offering. When we call it toxic we're nailing down the coffin lid ourselves and playing right into the hands of the anti's.
Why would anyone want to shoot "toxic" bullets into any landscape, being shooting deer, foxes, rabbits or targets. The government certainly will not endorse the use of toxic anything into the countryside and the general public will be horrified by it.
I'm not anti copper, I've tried it and at normal deer stalking ranges it works, but until it works in 22rf, air rifle and for long range shooting we do need to at least try to put off the day when it's banned.
So can we please get back to referring to bullets that are not made from lead as copper bullets, or brass bullets, or non-lead or anything other than "non-toxic".
Sorry, rant over