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Lead ammunition to be banned for hunting and shooting in England, Scotland and Wales (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Legislation sounds very positive for the environment. The article does say that shooting ranges are exempt as they have lead/bullet recovery systems in place and this legislation is more about protecting waterways and forests from being (further) polluted with lead shot. Military and police are excluded probably for the same reason as almost all their shooting is on-range.

The article doesn't mention and I was hoping someone knows - what's the common alternative metals used for rifle rounds and shotgun shells? Steel balls for shotguns?

Does it make a big difference to shooting/ballistics, as the alternatives would be less-dense than lead?

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

A quick search says steel, tungsten and bismuth or composites including those metals are the typical replacements. Steel is cheap, and the other two are dense but more expensive.

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Should outright ban this primitive and archaic hobby.

[–] Uranium_Green@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

I mean regardless of your position on hunting, it's also good to do this in general as it'll also mean those who clay pigeon shoot and similar won't be polluting specific areas with lead.

[–] Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Indeed!

This is not to say that separately they shouldn’t separately and sooner (more easily) ban lead.

https://youtu.be/qYWc22wuQVc

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -5 points 3 weeks ago

Wuss