Thread: no lead from 2021

Just to clear up a few things for the likes of KWB. There are no minimums required for the importers as far as what their suppliers will provide. I enquired when we were debating this down here originally. In terms of their ordering most will be putting in orders for next season before the end of this season. There'll likely be more choice next season as a result of the rules being indicated now. There is time and if the market demand is there there'll be a supply. One of the big distributors, not a shop, said he'd bring in even one case if I wanted, I just had to do it through a shop on their order so they weren't seen to be cutting out their client. I've personally used Gamebore and Winchester steel in a sub gauge and found it to be fine. You can also find me on Facebook shooting geese with an ounce load of steel 7s! As a result I won't be selling my 20 gauge.

This bullocks about needing to practice with steel on an NZCTA ground is even more crap. The only possible difference between lead and steel when it comes to getting your eye in is velocity. All you need is a lead load doing similar to the steel load you use. Even then though its mostly in your head. I shoot AA grade in skeet and sporting with lead doing 1200fps. My hunting steel load is doing 1450fps and I can't tell any real difference switching between game and clays. It might be 6 inches difference in lead, within a pattern thats a couple of feet wide. Hunters who switch between lead and steel now when they shoot over land don't seem to have many problems. The only difference is that birds decoying well are miles slower than clay targets and you actually need less lead. You can't learn that on clays, especially DTL or skeet with driven targets. That comes from time in the field and choosing your shots. Learn to hunt, learn to shoot and move on.