I'm not endorsing this view, or condemning it. I'm just reposting the topic.
Lead doesn’t suit us anymore
In my view, the chances of anyone thing picking up an expended lead projectile are quite small. Copper projectiles have become very good, however.
I recall when we went from lead shot to steel shot. It was done in California first. There was some concern about it, and even a few adamantly opposed to the change, but everyone adapted quickly At first it was found that basically ranges had been reduced to what they had been some decades prior. No big deal. Some people started using 10 gauges again for geese, myself included. But ammo improved and soon the ranges returned to what we were used to. The 3.5 in 12 gauge pretty much wiped out the 10 gauge. Now hardly anyone notices, and some feel that steel shot should just predominate everywhere. About the only real downside is that it made reloading for waterfowl, and other hunting rounds, pretty much impossible.
That isn't the case with copper projectiles. Interestingly, to a degree, the same story is repeating. There were some dire predictions that there's be a huge shortage of bullets, but that's proven unfounded. Some people in areas where you don't have to use copper projectiles, which is most areas, have gone to them as they simply prefer them.
I'm sticking to lead until I have to switch . Indeed, I still have a lot of lead shotgun shells that are now decades old, dating back to the pre steel shot days, and I do use them when its legal and I can. But this isn't the disaster that some asserted it would be.
