HSE publish proposal to ban all lead shot

[PeeJay]

Lead flashings on all houses, churches ect country wide going next haha

I think it will be changed eventually, on a replacement basis. So as/when work is done, an alternative is used.

Regardless of whether it’s changed, it’s not really comparable to lead shot.

Flashings tend to be a one off; once fitted they stay in place for hundreds of years. Whereas lead shot is continually being added.

Flashings are not generally affecting wildlife. Birds don’t peck at lead flashings, whereas they do ingest lead pellets. This affects them and is also passed up the food chain.

Lead pellets can directly affect meat for human consumption, whereas any lead from the surface flashing during rain is massively diluted and may never affect the food chain.

 

[k80ben]

Steel shot also has a pressure peak going through the choke as it does not yield like lead. Hence the limitations on choke restriction for steel shot.

The choke restrictions are nonsense…. I’ve shot more steel than most and frankly hassekamp has shot over a million steel through a full full perazzi

 

[Bavarian]

The choke restrictions are nonsense…. I’ve shot more steel than most and frankly hassekamp has shot over a million steel through a full full perazzi

Might not be a problem with 28g 2.4mm but with 3" 53g 4mm Magnum. The companies stay on the safe side with their restrictions.