Do you shoot to?

[edwood]

How come you folks don't want to change from lead shot then?

[mendiplogs]

On the shoot that Mrs Egg beats on the gamekeeper supplies steel shot when they are shooting ducks over the water.

 

Hi eggs that's right steel on crazy pigeons is going to be a lot of money isn't it thanks Jon

[Mark Bolam]

Because the alternatives are crap or ridiculously expensive.

[Mark Bolam]

On the shoot that Mrs Egg beats on the gamekeeper supplies steel shot when they are shooting ducks over the water.

 

 

Doesn't matter if ducks are over the water or not mate.

Lead is banned for all wildfowl, anywhere. (England).

[eggsarascal]

Doesn't matter if ducks are over the water or not mate.

Lead is banned for all wildfowl, anywhere. (England).

 

I didn't know that.

 

Every days a school day.

[eldon]

Edwood; suggest a "viable" alternative to Lead then?

[se7enthdevil]

i would have thought that steel could damage the barrel with extended use???

 

 

when i went on a stag do 10 years ago i got 38 out of 40 clays having never physically seen a gun before so was rather chuffed.

 

i'd like to try it again to see if it was a fluke or skill but how can you shoot clays without showering the countryside with lead?

[Mark Bolam]

Not used steel my self Mark as I don't shoot the marsh any more but I have heard that the steel tends to go through rather than flatten out like the lead and quarry can fly on a bit .

 

 

That and the fact it's simply too light, doesn't retain enough grunt down range.

I don't shoot geese any more, and would rarely raise my gun to a duck these days.

Old, soft and sentimental.

[se7enthdevil]

how do you propose they are managed then?

 

natural predators would be nice. wolves should be reintroduced.

[Mark Bolam]

How's the weather in Chelsea mate?