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A tale of two fields

Before we get into the pigeon shooting, there’s news on the steel/lead shot debate that I want to highlight.

We already know there is a five-year plan to move away from lead shot and the National Game Dealers’ Association recently announced that it would only accept fur and feather shot with non-lead shot from 1 June 2022. That will mean the majority of game dealers will insist on non-lead shot game and I’m sure the rest will follow. We know this change is coming, so perhaps it’s time we all embraced this change and tried alternatives.

I’ve already written about the Eley VIP steel shot with

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