ColinF Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 http://www.shootinguk.co.uk/news/norwegian-hopes-high-reversal-lead-shot-ban-37003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Aye. I'm watching that with interest. I suppose in not the only one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) Very interesting due to their stance on the EU they can do what they pretty much please I recon. I might just add I am ok with non toxic steel on wetlands its the right thing to do Edited May 7, 2014 by kent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David BASC Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 There is no date set yet for the vote. The potential lifting of the restrictions only apply to shotguns used for live quarry shooting, and the use of lead would still be banned for clay shooting. Remember, most live quarry shooting in Norway is with rifles. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 (edited) "if" the ban was lifted here i think a few fowlers would still use steel shot. i only use lead (exclusively & not for wildfowl) in one gun because it cant take steel, its way too choked. eddit in redd. ps 4000 posts ! (of rubbish) Edited May 8, 2014 by cookoff013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 "if" the ban was lifted here i think a few fowlers would still use steel shot. i only use lead (exclusively & not for wildfowl) in one gun because it cant take steel, its way too choked. eddit in redd. ps 4000 posts ! (of rubbish) I am not so sure on that one personally Wildfowlers have learned steel works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 There is no date set yet for the vote. The potential lifting of the restrictions only apply to shotguns used for live quarry shooting, and the use of lead would still be banned for clay shooting. Remember, most live quarry shooting in Norway is with rifles. David There is certainly a lot of rifle use but I am not so sure there is more quarry shot with rifles, I should like to see the evidence for that one. Non toxic in rifles is my big fear as the ballistics matter so much more and its hardly likely that a 150 grain lump of lead will be taken up as grit. Burying the Gralloch solves all the BOP issues and has been the adopted best practice for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David BASC Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 We got the information yesterday from Norges Jeger- og Fiskerforbund - the Norwegian hunting association Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmoke Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 good news for the Save Our lead Shot campaign here in the UK. The British Shooting organisation should be supporting our Norwegian friends in their fight to remove the lead ban. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 We got the information yesterday from Norges Jeger- og Fiskerforbund - the Norwegian hunting association is it like BASC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David BASC Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Similar , from their web site you can see that they 120 000 members within 570 local hunting and fishing clubs in 19 county organisations throughout Norway. Their HQ have a staff of over 30 employees, is near Oslo. Their key objectives are to: secure and maintain viable game and fish stocks in order to ensure future hunting and fishing opportunity ensure that all motivated hunters and anglers can gain access at a reasonable price promote hunting and fishing as legitimate forms of harvesting natural resources now and in the future. Hope that helps David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Similar , from their web site you can see that they 120 000 members within 570 local hunting and fishing clubs in 19 county organisations throughout Norway. Their HQ have a staff of over 30 employees, is near Oslo. Their key objectives are to: secure and maintain viable game and fish stocks in order to ensure future hunting and fishing opportunity ensure that all motivated hunters and anglers can gain access at a reasonable price promote hunting and fishing as legitimate forms of harvesting natural resources now and in the future. Hope that helps David thanks, not really so alike at present then when you consider the first bit LOL. I like the Scandinavian attitude of inclusion, the chances of getting angling, shooting and hunting linked under one roof is a master stroke! Shame it could never happen here, we cant even fight for one cause in a straight line it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David BASC Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 BASC and the Angling trust work very closely together, we hold joint receptions at Party Conferences, and work together on many points of common interest. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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