AJC1
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The ban was coming eventually, and once the military shifted I knew it was here.
Do you have a source with more info for us? I'm finding nothing about a new federal lead ammo ban.The ban was coming eventually, and once the military shifted I knew it was here.
https://sportsmensalliance.org/news/biden-administration-moves-to-ban-lead-ammunition/Do you have a source with more info for us? I'm finding nothing about a new federal lead ammo ban.
We should clarify for everyone that the proposed ban, as it stands, is only on National Wildlife Refuges, not on all federal lands.https://sportsmensalliance.org/news/biden-administration-moves-to-ban-lead-ammunition/
It's as good as passed imo.
https://sportsmensalliance.org/news/biden-administration-moves-to-ban-lead-ammunition/
It's as good as passed imo.
Your posts indicates your in the prepared department. Those maker bullets always look so good.Clearly an optimist...
This isn't the first time they have tried this, thus they have failed before and are likely to fail again. That said there are options readily available if they do pass it.
Maker Bullet 220gr REX from my 300 BO
Barnes 275gr TSX from my 450 Bushmaster.
This isn't the first time they have tried this, thus they have failed before and are likely to fail again.
This was not the intent of my thread to be politically charged but how we can deal and plan to continue doing what we do. A lead ban kills shooting my old war horses like 7.7 jap.Sneaky.
Pure backdoor gun control. Ban the ammunition and you ban guns.
Sure, a few handloaders can still shoot - but - all you have to do to make them fall into step is control the distribution of primers.
May be a windfall for gun makers if people shift to cartridges that are a lot faster helping the monos function better. The whole in that theory is how awesome those maker bullets are in 300 bo. Curious how they work in 30-30 the most common deer gun in america.I'm in California, so it wouldn't really change anything for me. When the state banned lead for hunting, I experimented with a few brands of copper bullets and found a few recipes that worked. In particular it seemed to me that "light and fast" was a better plan with these bullets, as opposed to "slow and fat" - which describes both me and my preferred lead bullets!
Honestly, the only real downsides are that A) copper bullets can be pretty expensive, and B) there is no good reason for the government to mandate them. Beyond that, they work quite well and hunters should not generally feel handicapped by them.
May be a windfall for gun makers if people shift to cartridges that are a lot faster helping the monos function better. The whole in that theory is how awesome those maker bullets are in 300 bo. Curious how they work in 30-30 the most common deer gun in america.
I'm in no way justifying banning lead shot, sinkers, weights, etc. But those are on another level of sending lead out over the land then a couple lead hunting bullets that often get recovered in big game animal
Applying common sense will get you no where in government buddy. If they clean up anything Hanford gets the nod...Ive recovered a bunch of bullets while metal detecting. Ranging from copper jacket spitzers to mini balls, and regular round balls. Copper jacketed ones looked like they just needed a good washing and could be loaded again. Lead ones were all still solid, and there was no visible evidence of lead leaching into the ground. Most of the round balls were white, meaning they had been there a long long long time. They were as smooth as the day the were cast, most still with the sprue on them.
Instead of banning lead bullets, how about spending all that money on cleaning up the superfund sites, like Leadville, CO. Which just so happens to be one of the most polluted sites in the country and which drains in to the Arkansas river and runs 1400 miles to the Mississippi. The water coming out of some areas in Leadville is blood red and laden with heavy metals and arsenic. Even kids playing in the dirt are subject to toxins.
Applying common sense will get you no where in government buddy. If they clean up anything Hanford gets the nod...
Do you do a lot of shooting with a 7.7 Jap on National Wildlife Refuges?This was not the intent of my thread to be politically charged but how we can deal and plan to continue doing what we do. A lead ban kills shooting my old war horses like 7.7 jap.
I do shoot at an Indian reserve and I'm not sure how federal rules effect that.Do you do a lot of shooting with a 7.7 Jap on National Wildlife Refuges?