April E-zine

Antoennis

Hi All,

Finally have this months e-zine finished. Looking forward to seeing some of you at the Ballywalter Game fair.

All feedback welcomed.

Depending on your internet speed it may take a few minutes to download.
http://www.ishootandfish.ie/april2011e-zine.pdf

Thanks
Anthony

Glensman

Antoennis wrote: »

Hi All,

Finally have this months e-zine finished. Looking forward to seeing some of you at the Ballywalter Game fair.

All feedback welcomed.

Depending on your internet speed it may take a few minutes to download.
http://www.ishootandfish.ie/april2011e-zine.pdf

Thanks
Anthony

Just finished reading it. Very good as always. I enjoyed the story about the stalking in the Czech Rep the best

Tackleberrywho

Non-toxic
It is now mandatory that you use non-toxic cartridges over wetlands and 300 or so sites of Special Scientific
Interest. There are various products on offer:- tungsten polymers, tungsten iron, bismuth, tin and steel are
the main contenders. Tungsten based shot shells such as Tungsten Matrix from Gamebore and Hevishot from
Express perform exceedingly well (sometimes better than lead) in modern guns but are very pricey. Bismuth,
marketed by Eley, is a metal much like lead save for toxicity. It also performs very well and may be obtained
with a felt wad if required. Cost is much more than lead. Steel and tin (now going out of fashion) are lighter
than lead and reduce the range at which birds may be shot. Because they are fast out of the muzzle they also
reduce the minimum range. Their window of opportunity is about 20-35 yards – stay within that zone and you
will bring the ducks down effectively. Steel is the cheapest of all the alternatives and will probably be the
main alternative to lead in the future. It is also suitable for clay shooting, but I find the felt recoil signature
sharper than with conventional cartridges –

Antoennis

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Non-toxic
It is now mandatory that you use non-toxic cartridges over wetlands and 300 or so sites of Special Scientific
Interest. There are various products on offer:- tungsten polymers, tungsten iron, bismuth, tin and steel are
the main contenders. Tungsten based shot shells such as Tungsten Matrix from Gamebore and Hevishot from
Express perform exceedingly well (sometimes better than lead) in modern guns but are very pricey. Bismuth,
marketed by Eley, is a metal much like lead save for toxicity. It also performs very well and may be obtained
with a felt wad if required. Cost is much more than lead. Steel and tin (now going out of fashion) are lighter
than lead and reduce the range at which birds may be shot. Because they are fast out of the muzzle they also
reduce the minimum range. Their window of opportunity is about 20-35 yards – stay within that zone and you
will bring the ducks down effectively. Steel is the cheapest of all the alternatives and will probably be the
main alternative to lead in the future. It is also suitable for clay shooting, but I find the felt recoil signature
sharper than with conventional cartridges –

Sorry that was ment to be edited out as it is only in England. Now that the greens are gone we might be ok with lead for another while! I'll put a note in next months e-zine. Sorry for any confusion caused.

Anthony

Antoennis

Hi lads,

Any feedback good or bad on this months e-zine. Any thing you'd like us to include look at for the cominng months?

Thanks
Anthony