Obliquely pushing your own products and exploiting this great betrayal to profiteer at a time like this is undignified, Ed.
Really!?
I spent the last three years and thousands of pounds, researching, developing, testing and proving non lead alternatives because I saw it was inevitable that non lead for deer management was coming whether we liked it or not and the vast amount of stuff on the market was overpriced, performed poorly on the quarry target and was was generating huge concern from the volume users.
Very few people want a 50gr .22-250 non lead load but I developed one for one customer which included modifying the bullet to reduce overall length to make it work.
I had volume users test and record efficacy data on 5 species of deer in four regions across the UK before I was willing to commit to a round I could put my time and name to.
Very few people wanted to voluntarily move to non lead due to cost
Last time I looked the Fox Classic Hunter range is £10 a box of 20 cheaper than its competition.
I import the components.
I produce the ammo in the UK
I set the pricing.
£10+ a box cheaper for 3 years with no increases in price despite the exchange rate dropping and the price of copper rising.
I publish the factory load data so people can test out factory loads and replicate them at half the cost.
I have travelled (often at my expense!) the length and breadth of the country from Kendal, Guildford, Thetford, Scotch Corner, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Dundee, Inverness, Highlands and beyond to present to members of deer management groups, Deer Initiative, BASC, BDS, Estates, Forestry Commission, Forestry England, St Hubert’s Club, Keepering and Stalking groups.
Mainly to give them some insight that it’s not all doom and gloom!
Do I agree with the way that the transition to non lead rifle ammo has been handled?
No
Do I agree with the way non lead shotgun ammo has been handled?
No?
Am I so blind to miss the wholesale assault on our interests, hobbies, jobs and way of life that we are seeing from industry, government, banks, environmental groups and lobbying companies?
No
You see profiteering
i see providing shooters with reasonably priced alternatives
Not something you can say the rest of the big name importers are currently offering.
Sorry if that seems overly blunt but scroll back on what I have been saying about non lead for years.
I am not a box shifter
And there certainly hasn’t been enough profit from my time and investment in this.
Don’t misunderstand my motivation
As much as this is a business I would have made a lot more money ignoring this sector and just selling Lead to everyone.
You see betrayal
I see (for once!) a shrewd move by the bodies that sit down with government to get in front of this before we are TOLD what to do
Posted this earlier
-Manufacturers are not developing viable alternatives at a fast enough rate in the opinion.
-Industry bodies are under pressure form Government and environmental groups
- Industry bodies issue statement on something they would like to see within 5 years but if it doesn’t happen there are no ultimatums or consequences.
- They bolster their position at the lobbying table by saying what Governments and Environmental groups want to hear.
- Everyone including the manufacturers gets a wake up call that this **** might happen in their lifetime.
- Manufacturers increase R&D into non lead alternatives
- Some Shooters move to non lead alternatives voluntarily
- Volumes rise, prices come down, more people buy them, volumes rise, prices come down....
Come on, it’s not rocket science.
And its NOT and ****ing BAN!!
Nowhere does it say BAN!
