non-toxic shot and parkers

[J. A. EARLY]

What does gripe me is that I shoot lead at doves over the same field that I can't use lead for geese. But I guess the lead for doves will come to an end all too soon with the idiots in charge of the regulations.

But from all of this, has been developed the heavier than lead shot, which when shooting at geese and turkeys delivers results that could never be achieved with lead. But a box (5 shells) of the Hevi-shot Turkey blend is now $35 up from what was $25 last year! That is beyond belief.

I guess I'm going back to loading it myself for modern guns and back to lead only in doubles for turkey hunting. At $7 a shot for what was $2.50 two years ago I hope they price themselves out of the market.

[J.B. Books]

If you don't shoot a lot of shells per year in the field and therefore you are not concerned with a negative economic impact from a broader non-tox mandate, consider what a lead ban may do to the resale value of your classic american doubles. I suspect all but the most collectable specimins will lose value in the market and the overall interest in classic doubles will wane due to their limited usefulness in a non-tox shot world. 20+ years later after lead was banned for waterfowling, no replacement has been found that meets all three criteria of economical, effective and safe for old doubles.