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BASC statement on lead ammunition restriction proposals
Read our statement in response to publication of restriction proposals on the outdoor use of lead ammunition in England, Scotland and Wales.
Read our statement in response to publication of restriction proposals on the outdoor use of lead ammunition in England, Scotland and Wales.
The RSPB and WWT’s open letter calls for the signatories to pre-empt the outcome of the government’s UK REACH process on lead ammunition.
If you are planning to move away from lead ammunition now is a good time to place your order to ensure demand can be met.
Read Alasdair Mitchell’s reflections on new research into lead vs steel in his Sharpshooter column from last week’s Shooting Times.
BASC’s Peter Marshall summarises the findings of a new piece of research by Cranfield University into the pellet penetration of lead vs steel shot.
An SNP MSP has backed the efforts of the UK’s largest shooting organisation to make game shooting more sustainable. Jim Fairlie, the newly elected MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, has come out in support of the Dunkeld-based British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) who are helping shooters move Read more…
Jim Fairlie MSP has voiced his support for the use of sustainable shotgun ammunition follow his attendance at a BASC event in Perthshire last week.
BASC’s Dr Conor O’Gorman considers what the announcement of a two-year UK REACH review on lead ammunition means for shooting.
Matt Cross examines how it will take time to make a success of the switch from lead ammunition.