Since lead shot for hunting is completely banned in my area, can anyone please recommend a good quality steel alternative? Thanks in advance.
If you're loading your own Tungsten Carbide, greatly out preforming leadSince lead shot for hunting is completely banned in my area, can anyone please recommend a good quality steel alternative? Thanks in advance.
thank you.Steel shot is ok for small critters/birds. Bismuth would be ok for rabbits, squirrel, small ducks, pheasant/quail just up size 1.5 sizes. 6-7.5 lead shot use 5-6 bismuth. Larger furry critters( or geese/large ducks) tungsten shot would have a big advantage and a much higher cost.
Since lead shot for hunting is completely banned in my area, can anyone please recommend a good quality steel alternative? Thanks in advance.
Since lead shot for hunting is completely banned in my area, can anyone please recommend a good quality steel alternative? Thanks in advance.
A heavy 12 ga 2 3\4" load of #4 steel for general upland. Tungsten and bismuth are maybe worth it for pheasant, but I am not willing to pay that for rabbits and quail.
Even better, move to a free state. I left CA primarily cuz the lead ammo ban and no mail order ammo.
Even better, move to a free state. I left CA primarily cuz the lead ammo ban and no mail order ammo.
Evidentally, the shipping is being overturned, but doesn't help you now. I have pondered getting out of here also, but I've been here for 66 years and growing...there is some beautiful hunting in CA and we have a lot of BLM land. Some states such as TX, although much bigger than CA, have no BLM land at all from my understanding.
I don't see it happening for a while. I see it being banned for target shooting on public land too. I live in the desert and well established spots get crazy amounts of lead. CA is just nuts. First state to ban ALL trapping, think they banned bobcat hunting, banned coyote contests, banned hounds for bears, background checks for ammo, no mail order ammo Tried to ban lead fishing tackle, not sure of that passed. Removing hundreds of water guzzlers from public land so the birds will die off and nobody will have a reason to go out there. Industrialization of our deserts for green energy is no problem though....I live in a very free state, Indiana, however, I think in the coming years leaded ammunition for hunting will be phased out like it was for waterfowl in the early 90s. Likely, first it will be public land & then extend to private. I don't see leaded ammunition being banned for possession or target shooting.
KW, you guys out west are blessed to have public land & real hunting. Out here, you either have to be a land owner or know one to hunt, vert little public land.