Well Ed let's take a breather and make a summary. You weren't articulate enough to make it clear who you were calling idiots, you are not old enough to have used lead shot on waterfowl but can't believe it was far superior to steel from those who did, you reference watching a video of goose hunters killing geese dead by consistent close range head shots, you claim you can't kill big birds with body shots BUT you reference your own inability to hit a duck in 10 shots, you THINK Hevi-Shot Classic Doubles is safe in your Sterlingworth because they tell you so, you say you BLEW 30 bucks on 10 shots but have you ever had a day where you would use 100 to 300 shells (crow shooting and clay pigeons), some of us do and that means blowing way more than 30 bucks not to mention having 4 and 5 figure guns put out of service. No this is not argument about whether lead is good for ducks or not, it's a post about non-tox shot and classic doubles. Bismuth at present is not available, Classic Double Hevi-Shot may or may not be kind to barrels and it is not available for reloading. Nice shot is now sold out of 5 and had been sold out of 4 for a long time. I suspect many classic double gun duck hunters like myself are nursing stashes of bismuth pellets for reloading realizing when it is gone we are out of the duck hunting business with those guns. Now it seems there is move to expand the restrictions on lead shot when there are fewer alternatives and the alternatives we have left are even more cost prohibitive. Just because you think something is a good idea and does not impact you very much doesn't mean the idea is a good one for all. There are some very real negatives if lead shot bans are extended, for hunters, for wildlife agencies, and for the future of the sport as well.
Last edited by nhcrowshooter; 01/29/08 06:13 AM.
