Old farrier

His views and experience are irrelevant what is relevant is his experience in boring and regurgitating shotguns

I want someone qualified to actually do the work someone who has actually bored and regulated a shotgun to produce a desired pattern im pretty sure gunman on here could do it he has credibility however there appears to be a acute shortage of people who have any experience in doing it to get appropriate patterns with steel Name the scientist and then it’s possible to check credibility

I mean qualified to bore and regulate a shotgun to get the same pattern with steel that the gun now produces with lead

Is he a qualified gunsmith?

To be fair GWCT did there study on wildfowl and wetlands a different environment and a different feeding pattern the proof that lead kills wildfowl came from penning up ducks and introducing a massive amount of lead shot so they had no option but to eat it

Due to my location it’s impossible here however I’m sure you or your organisation know of a steel friendly clay ground As for the pub afterwards that’s a definite no I don’t hold with alcohol and guns or driving on the same day a civilised cup of tea and cake maybe how many Basc employees would you want to field in the steel team? im pretty confident that I can find enough to match your numbers

Who’s Terry behan? perhaps you could enlighten me or point me in the direction of his workshop

Well I spent a lot of money and time getting my gun bored and regulated to throw the appropriate patterns for my own type of shooting I have asked repeatedly over the years for some advice and information on what to have them rebored to to get the same pattern no one can give me the information so what is the answer? has anyone achieved a cylinder pattern? Or a 1/4 choke what cartridge do I have to use in non lead bio wad that’s not going to be obsolete in a year the answer to this isn’t ask a gunsmith or ask the cartridge manufacturer of have multi chokes and experiment please note I’m not the only person who will have to foot the bill for all the choke altering regulating not to mention the cartridges and time pattern testing

How about setting up a lead versus steel shooting competition Basc steel pw lead PW steel for those members who think it’s better obviously Basc won’t have any staff members that haven’t moved away from lead

I understand from some previous posts that some of the biggest driven shoots have switched to non lead cartridges in order to sell assured lead free game do you have a number on this please? also if possible could you be kind enough to tell us what if any steps are being taken to remove the lead that is already on the ground and how they propose to remove it to prevent any ingestion by birds? iv asked this question because for over 20 years I’ve been along with everyone else using non toxic for ducks and geese yet every year I still hear the tens of thousands of birds die each year from ingestion of lead shot where is it coming from? So with my thinking if it’s a problem and going to be for the next 20 years it’s either got to be removed or it’s totally pointless expensive way of achieving nothing

There’s plenty of chemicals used now obviously not toxic 🙄 however they kill all the bugs insects and caterpillars on the crops because people won’t buy a cabbage or cauliflower with a caterpillar in it

And mine most arable land is turned over and cultivated before the birds nest probably the biggest threat to wild game birds is farming practice sprays planting methods and predators not lead shot

Little screen shot here 🤔 beginning to hope everyone will be singing from the same hymn sheet

Anyone got any keepers diary dvd lurking in the back of the cupboard looking for the set if possible pm with prices and postage costs please many thanks in advance all the best OF

I read it before you posted the link and re read it again nothing in it relevant to the question I asked rarely get up to marford mill nowadays