At first I was also wondering what kind of whacked out question had to be asked to get that many hunters saying that lead was bad. I figured it a line of leading questioning designed to get that result.
But after a little thought I chencged my mind. The population of MN is in the greater Twin Cities are. I saw a distribution study a couple of years ago and it really surprised me. Something like 85% of the population lives in under 10% of the state. We see the hunters coming up here every year. As arule, they are pretty liberal folks, even though they are gun owners and hunters. When i got to thinking about the guys I have met from the Cities, I was surprised that not more hunters said they would be in favor of outlawing lead.
Not saying it will happen next season, but I rememebr back in the '80's when everyone said lead would never be outlawed for waterfowl. Look at how well that worked out. All i am saying is that I am not sinking a lot of money in a custom gun that will tough to feed. I will wait and see what shakes out before starting the projects