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    Jun 07, 2022 3 minutes

    Lead is not dead

    Over the past few weeks I have been contacted by many Guns who are concerned about shoots that are demanding only steel shot be used next season. Understandably, they are asking what they should do. The answer is very simple: don’t sign up. There will be other shoots that will be happy to take your money.

    Please remember that lead shot is not banned. Yet. In my opinion, it is only because the BGA is making demands on some game dealers not to accept birds that have been shot with lead (because of

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