As I understand it at present, rifle ranges will be allowed to use bullets containing lead, and that the sand butts will be graded and filtered to remove the lead every so often. Apparently bird shot from game and clay shotgun cartridges contribute 96 % of the lead problem.
Air rifle pellets and .22 rimfire loads will be exempt from any ban as there is no other alternative that works. Also centrefire cartridges up to 0.240" will continue to be able to have lead cores. This has upset a lot of deer stalkers who use the .243 Winchester cartridge.
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