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    Letters

    Jun 11, 2020 7 minutes

    Write to: The Editor, The Field, Pinehurst II, Pinehurst Road, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7BF.

    Email: field.secretary@ti-media.com

    LETTERS MAY BE EDITED FOR CLARITY OR SPACE

    LEAD: A VEXED ISSUE

    It was fascinating to see the splendid array of letters about lead ammunition in the May issue. They join a proud history of exchanges on this subject. Indeed, an 1876 edition of The Field has the distinction of being the first to publish detailed concerns about lead. Ever since the publication of Mr J Hindle-Calvert’s letter, which shared his observations of lead poisoning in his pheasants, lead has become one of the vexed issues that has deeply divided opinion.

    Change can be challenging but we should listen carefully to those who were willing to trial the new alternative loads last season. Those who did reported cleanly and consistently killing pheasants, duck and grouse at 40 yards and beyond. The field performance of the new steel loads appears quite different to those being manufactured just a few years ago. However, it is the recent development of non-plastic cups, to carry these loads up barrels, which

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