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    NEWS UPDATE

    Mar 26, 2020 3 minutes

    Shooting groups and cartridge makers clash over lead and single use plastics

    STORY BY MATT CROSS

    A row has broken out between cartridge manufacturers and shooting groups over the announcement of a transition away from lead.

    On 24 February, the major shooting and countryside organisations declared that “in consideration of wildlife, the environment and to ensure a market for the healthiest game products, at home and abroad, we wish to see an end to both lead and single-use plastics in ammunition used by those taking all live quarry with shotguns within

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