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Bags of lead shot, for sale at on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, for sale at $56.99 in the Atterbury Shooting Complex in Edinburgh. Lead is commonly used in shotgun shells and bullet rounds found here.
The size of the lead shot that is produced is determined by the diameter of the orifice used to drip the lead, ranging from approximately 0.018 inches (0.46 mm) for #9 lead shot to about 0.025 inches (0.64 mm) for #6 or #7.0 shot, while also depending on the specific lead alloy that is used.
A shot tower is a tower designed for the production of small-diameter shot balls by free fall of molten lead, which is then caught in a water basin. The shot is primarily used for projectiles in shotguns , and for ballast , radiation shielding , and other applications for which small lead balls are useful.
Lead shot is still the best ballistic performer, but environmental restrictions on the use of lead, especially with waterfowl, require steel, bismuth, or tungsten composites. Steel, being significantly less dense than lead, requires larger shot sizes, but is a good choice when lead is not legal and cost is a consideration.
Researchers examined the carcasses of eight wild-shot common pheasants, killed on a farmland shoot using lead shotgun ammunition and on sale in a UK butcher’s shop.
Lead shot-related waterfowl poisonings were first documented in the US in the 1880s. [4] By 1919, the spent lead pellets from waterfowl hunting were positively identified as the source of waterfowl deaths. [5] Lead shot has been banned for hunting waterfowl in several countries, [4] including the US in 1991 and 1997 in Canada. [6]
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