Read our full response to the announcement of a two-year UK REACH review of the use of lead ammunition.
Ammunition
Restrictions on lead ammunition production in the EU could have an impact on UK trade and the voluntary transition away from lead shot for live quarry shooting.
Dr O’Gorman discusses the EU’s disproportionate ban on using lead shot over wetlands which could have drastic consequences in the UK.
Dr Peter Marshall, BASC’s head of training and education, writes about the new sustainable ammunition days and the recent trial event that took place.
BASC is working hard against overly restrictive lead ammunition proposals.
Clarification of position.
Group responds to statement on lead ammunition.
In this blog, BASC Scotland director, Dr Colin Shedden, explores BASC’s long-standing involvement with lead shot and how the policy and science has evolved over the years.
Our friends from overseas provide an insight into how hunters in their countries have adapted to using non-lead ammunition.
BASC’s head of wildfowling, James Green, tests the performance of the latest ‘eco-wad’ cartridges in the field.
