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Here in NZ it is all steel shot for gamebird shooting over water > 3 metres wide for all gauges, now including 410. Been steel for a number of years now for 12G and only last couple of seasons/years for the sub-gauges with last year the first for the 410 shotshell as steel loads have become available.

Autumn catalogue just out now for our NZ wide Hunting and Fishing retail franchise stores with prices for NZ produced Falcon ammo below. Falcon ammo is manufactured with Fiocchi hulls and primers and French made Vectan powders which are extremely clean burning. Other brands of ammo are available from H&F but Falcon is a sought after brand.

All 2 3/4" shells - prices per packet based on bulk 10 packet slab price (250 shells). Usually if purchasing by the packet prices can be $3 - $4 per packet dearer.

Bismuth 34gm #4 1340fps NZ$80.00 (AU$72.00)

Lead 32gm #4 1325fps NZ$30.00 (AU$27.00)

Steel 32gm #4 1450fps NZ$32.00 (AU$29.00)

The NZ gamebird licence is a national one, allowing hunting in all the designated areas across the country but each area has it's own bag limits etc.

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