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I am pleased to note that there is to be no ban on lead shot in the UK. Hopefully this will revive the English SxS trade and enthusiasts. Come on Toby , bring them to Market. 
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Judging from recent auction prices the UK market is thriving. I was soundly out bid on nearly everything at Holt's and shocked by some of the prices. A big change just from the April auction. Maybe the Brexit will be a good thing for you guys. Something has been making it harder to find British guns at a price point but I have not given up yet.
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Not everyone here will be happy to hear that you guys will not have to endure extremely high costs for ballistically inferior non-lead ammunition...
A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.
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Nah, England never did very well on its own. Always struggling to created and maintain one of the largest empires the world has known, effortlessly beating the hell out of countries many times their size, nah, they'll struggle.
Great news!!!! I bet that was a relief to many.
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Where did you get the news from Salopian? Is it a result of the Lead Ammunition Group report?
For our U.S. cousins. It is already in place in England and Wales for the shooting of Ducks and Geese anywhere. In Scotland it is for any quarry species over wetlands. And everywhere on any land subject to being a SSSI that is a Site of Special Scientific Interest usually land with rare or endangered species identified there.
It's good news as Bismuth and Tungsten shot here are very expensive and Steel, apart from not being very good, is unsuitable in the vast majority of English guns. Ironically a lot of the attempt to get a lead ban comes from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust set up by the late Sir Peter Scott. He shot ducks and geese in numbers bordering on the obscene by today's standards. Over 100 White Front Geese in on morning flight! And it's now the successors to his organisation that are doing the damage to shooters. I no longer have anything to do with them. Lagopus.....
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If that's the case what shotguns are used for waterfowl in England and Wales?
Would that ban be in effect even on private lands if it was enacted?
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A good victory for reason and thought, yet in today's world only a victory today.
Whether in the UK or USA the illiberal green and their fellow travelers will only regroup and restart the effort.
They will for deluded reasons go overboard on lead where it is not a real issue and for anti hunting and class, culture issues fight their campaign indefinitely
Last edited by old colonel; 07/17/16 09:36 AM.
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That's pretty well how it works today. Tendency to "go overboard" is common.
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Face it guys, there is no real alternative to lead and they know that.
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No "real" alternative for bullet and shot, yes. That's not how it works in today's world.
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