Ed, I have been waterfowl hunting for over 34 years. I have hunted in 5 states and 3 countries. I don't know how many ducks and geese I have shot but I can safely say well over a 1000 ducks and hundreds of geese. I shot them with lead, steel and bismuth in 10, 12 and 20 gauge. I know what range estimation is and I seldom have pulled the trigger on bird over 35-40 yards. Steel is a crippler compared to lead and bismuth, even to the experienced hunter using the right size steel shot at high velocity in magnum loads. It is from a cost perspective the best alternative and it can be effective. However it is not an acceptable material for a projectile in a classic double gun and that is the topic of this forum! I don't mean this with any disrespect but at age 21 it is impossible for you to have enough experience to effectively weigh in on this issue. You have never shot waterfowl with lead so you don't know how it worked on waterfowl. You have also failed to comment on the economic issue it presents to sports such as crow shooting or clay pigeon shooting where flats of ammo are expended quickly. There are people and groups who recognize lead is an achilles heel of sorts. They can't take our guns away but then can render them useless or too expensive to shoot by banning lead. You seemingly come in here and shrug your shoulders at the the thought that many us with double gun collections could find them useless. You need to understand some those collections are worth far what what I suspect is your present net worth. It's serious money and this is a serious concern. Since you have given little concern to the economic loss a lead ban would impose because it doesn't affect you, marginilizes your argument significantly.
Last edited by nhcrowshooter; 01/28/08 10:01 PM.
