Thread: Lead bullets and their risk to human health

Originally Posted by NZBeeMan

On the way home from work today I listened to this podcast from "Our Chainging World" on RNZ:

Lead bullets and their risk to human health

For me the main reason to use non-fragmenting copper-alloy bullets by now is not so much because of toxicity...
I am pretty sure other stuff is not much better regarding carcinogenic concerns.

I wrote the main reason in another thread already:
Working with hounds whilsts tracking or on driven hunts in close proximity to quarry shot.

Quote:
"After I saw two very good tracking dogs killed by shrapnel in recent years and from very odd angles in relation to the animal shot, I switched to lead-free non-fragmenting bullets.
By now there are plenty that work very well: Hornady CX, FOX Classic Hunter, Sako Powerhead Blade, RWS HIT... You name them..."

Another very nice side effect is very little meat damage on smaller game.
I actually got rid of my 223 and get all my (tiny) roe deer and even geese with my .308 WIN and a deforming copper-alloy bullet.
By now the ones with good design expand reliably and very uniformly between 900 m/s and around 500 m/s from my experience.

But I for longer range shots I think a good "cupNcore" is hard to beat...

Cheers
Ben