Lead Shot

US and Netherlands flag

Our friends from overseas provide an insight into how hunters in their countries have adapted to using non-lead ammunition.

Used cartridges

BASC’s head of wildfowling, James Green, tests the performance of the latest ‘eco-wad’ cartridges in the field.

Joint statement organisation logos

Together we wish to see an end to both lead and single-use plastics in ammunition used by those taking all live quarry with shotguns within five years.

Cartridges

Shooting and rural organisations announce five-year transition away from lead shot and single-use plastics for live quarry shooting.

Steel shells

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP has welcomed the statement from leading rural organisations calling for an end to the use of lead in shotgun cartridges used for live quarry within five years.

Steel cartridges

Neil Morrison examines the ballistic properties of steel shot and advises how to get the best results when using it to shoot wildfowl.