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It is available in Oz
https://rehfisch.com.au/products/eley-vip-bismuth-fibre-32-gram-4-shot-25-pk

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Thanks. Now need to get it somehow.

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I*s lead shot banned for waterfowl over there, too?

If so, since when roughly? Recent or has it been this way for years?

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Different states, different rules. Many states have banned duck hunting, or officially. NSW allows rice crop shooting by the thousand .. but no hunting ... Victoria and SA still have a season.

The NT has fuck and goose seasons, I'm not sure if lead is used or not. Maybe Marrakai can enlighten us.

Tasmania, Qld, WA, seasons? Would be non lead if so. They all would use the internet for their "scientific" data.

SA's season has been shortened by a month, only starting midcMarch. To June I think. 10 duck bag limit, which isn't a bad limit. Need to check how many ducks in total.

Non Lead shot restrictions have been here for a long time. Was based on zero science, just copied the USA
bans, probably from California.

The non Lead shot ban is only for waterfowl.

God forbid the gun and hunting banners ever bring in EU and UK type lead restrictions on game shooting in general. The idiot UK shooting organisation just rolled over and accepted THE EU bans in the UK, as if they didn't selling pheasants, grouse etc shot in the UK couldn't be sold at all in THE EU.

Not a problem here. It's illegal to shoot ducks for the market, resale. Eating for oneself only.

I like using Bismuth for my duck reserve duck hunting. Public reserves, rangers may check your shotshells. Need to be factory ammo. At $5 per shotshells! Lucky I don't shoot many.

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$5.00 is pretty steep. WOW!
Here, when hunting ducks, you cannot be in possession of anything but non-toxic shot loads. No restrictions re: factory or handloads.

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The problem with bismuth handloads is rangers will be confused when checking them. They usually use magnets for steel shot. Bismuth by labelling.

I remember stupidly using some of my bismuth no.4s for rabbits .... Never again !

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