Several countries have banned lead shot entirely it seems. One makes the sale of it entirely illegal. Once one EU nation does it others are very likely to do the same. Worse is if the EU decides it for them all then it a done deal. Lead shot is a back door gun ownership ending tool that the anti gun people are exploiting.
I remember when we first went to steel shot here in the late 1970s or early 1980. There was a major increase in browning 3 20 sales. Buddy owned a gun shop and ordered 20 of them a year before the change. Back then you had to order your A5s well in advance for the upcoming season. He got them in and had them all sold within a week. He got a premium price for them and had laid in what he thought was a years supply of 3 lead shot ammo. Half my friends were shooting those A5s that year. And they were much better than those early steel ammo was in killing ducks.
