EPA bans lead shot for depredation permits

[Dean Romig]

Yet we continue to sell lead to China in record numbers of tons so that they can use it in products they sell to the U.S. and other markets all over the world.

[gman]

Very scarry! I remember when the non-tox waterfowl rules went into effect years back. For a while you could buy a nice model12 long barrel full choke for around $75. Prices went back up after a while but methinks antique prices will tank. Sent the link on the article to all my club members.
This could prove to be a very difficult fight.

[Dean Romig]

We had a company come in and extract all the lead from our trap field last year, took about two weeks and you'd think we would have had to pay a huge $$ amount to get that nasty toxic stuff out of the ground.... They paid us $65,000 I wonder where the lead went??

[Labowner]

Pete you better start selling now before market gets flooded, I'll take that GHE skeet gun and becouse I'm a nice guy I'll give you what you have in it.

[Smoothebore]

Just a thought. We constantly hear about prices being set by supply and demand. Wouldn't this increase the demand for non-toxic shot and bring the price down?

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Dave Purnell

Just a thought. We constantly hear about prices being set by supply and demand. Wouldn't this increase the demand for non-toxic shot and bring the price down?

Only if the supply were sufficient methinks.

[Harry Collins]

Boys and girls, I must admit that I have a bad habit of not only shooting old guns, but reading old books. Duck Shooting edited by Eugene Connett in 1947 had an article The Future of American Wildfowl by Fredrick Lincoln. He wrote in length about lead poisoning of wildfowl. I don't think we can blame this inconvenience on the anti's though I am convinced they applaud it.

Harry

[Old and Reliable]

I have complied with the Federal regs. on waterfowl. But this is stupidity to the tenth power. It supports my strong belief that the anti's have realized, since the Supreme court upheld, by a 5 to 4 margin, the Second Amendment, they may not get our firearms, so they'll go after the ammo.

On some remote farms where I shoot crows and feral pigeons, there is more potential toxic debris from old truck and tractor batteries, tires, electric motors, rusty metals and water run-off loaded with animal poop- and now these folks want us to use non-tox shot- Huummm- I'll do it for waterfowl, but take my chances on my private farms-- Next move, all our sporting clay, trap, skeet and live bird shooting venues- and these "do-gooders" are like the late Carrie Nation with her axe in hand and a 'thousand yard stare" in their beady little eyes.

[ch]

Oh and I bet the denist's are in on it to more steel to break teeth.

[Bruce Day]

Drat those dasturdly denists like Doc Van Blaricum and Doc Dick Dow!

Here's Doc Van, former president of the Kansas State Dental Association and appointed to the Kansas State Dental Board. I should have known he would be behind this.