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    Decisions, decisions...

    Oct 05, 2021 5 minutes

    I’m sure that by now most of you will have read at least one article regarding the demise of lead shot and its replacement with steel and other alternatives. And you will certainly have heard many opinions about the change, a change that is under way whether we like it or not. There isn’t a firm date set for this change, but some game dealers are already saying that they will no longer accept game shot with lead after this season, and many are insisting that deer are only shot with non-toxic ammunition.

    This being so, perhaps it’s time to take a look through your gun cabinet and work out which of your guns are suitable and proofed for the two grades of steel cartridges that will eventually replace lead. I spent a morning picking the brains of Matt Simpson from Simpson Brothers’ Gun Shop, near Stamford, to try to

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