Tried lead free

[Heym SR20]

What about us who do shoot large numbers of deer ? Are we to abandon our cull plans and shoot less ?
As usual this seems very I’m alright jack .....

Simple - use lead and don’t send to game dealer. I expect because of the very high cost of lead free, nobody will send any deer to the dealers

or use non toxic, send to dealer, get paid for the carcass, and given cleaner lead free carcass demand a higher price for your venison to meet the demand.

 

[Roestalker39]

Simple - use lead and don’t send to game dealer. I expect because of the very high cost of lead free, nobody will send any deer to the dealers

or use non toxic, send to dealer, get paid for the carcass, and given cleaner lead free carcass demand a higher price for your venison to meet the demand.

But there’s always the other option ..... keep sending to my game dealer who accepts lead

 

[Roestalker39]

There’s naff all in the price

Shoot 15kg 1 roe @ £1/kg = £15

1 x fox hunter factory for my .270 = £2.40 a pop (£48 for 20)

by my maths that’s £12,60 up.

or if you reload £1.50 a pop

you can more than cover ammunition costs by using non lead offerings.

Ppu 130 ge soft points are £17 a box , .222 are £12 a box , hardly naff all
Also I thought the dealers were paying more for lead free ? £1 a kilo hardly seems an improvement?

 

[User00040]

But there’s always the other option ..... keep sending to my game dealer who accepts lead

Careful, keep the identity secret or they will be getting hate mail!

 

[User00040]

Ppu 130 ge soft points are £17 a box , .222 are £12 a box , hardly naff all

If you can't afford £50 a box ammo, £500 jacket, £5k syndicate membership and £50k+ pickup, don't shoot!

 

[Roestalker39]

If you can't afford £50 a box ammo, £500 jacket, £5k syndicate membership and £50k+ pickup, don't shoot!

The £1 a kilo for lead free doesn’t seem good ? Think I’ll keep shooting with lead and get £3 a kilo , by MY maths that makes more sense

 

[User00040]

The £1 a kilo for lead free doesn’t seem good ? Think I’ll keep shooting with lead and get £3 a kilo , by MY maths that makes more sense

Ah well, if you stalk deer then money should be no object anyway.

Another matter altogether for those who actually shoot them!