Comments on: Lead Ban Chronicles – Minnesota DNR Testing Lead Ammo

By: Phillip Loughlin

Phillip Loughlin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:05:32 +0000

Michael, good idea for the X hunt… trust your guide.

As to going copper, odds are really strong you’ll be very pleasantly surprised. I found a different point of impact between these and the bonded ammo I was using before, but once I got zero I was seeing excellent groups. So far, everthing I’ve shot with the Barnes went down and out pretty clean. It was a 200 grain Barnes bullet I used on that curly-tail over at your place.

Long-range performance should be enhanced, although I don’t think there is enough there to matter for field shooting. It’s nice to know you’ll probably get pass-through performance even way out there.

By: T.Michael Riddle

T.Michael Riddle — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:01:01 +0000

Well, I am off to do some testing of my own.
Myself and a good friend of mine will be hunting with Phillip up in the X zone for Mule Deer and if there is any advise which I can be given it will be greatly appreciated.

I will be using a Weatherby 300 magnum ultra light with fluted barrel. I realize that we will not be hunting in the Condor zone but, since I live in the Lead Free zone I may as well get used to shooting the copper bullets.

What shall I expect as far as ballistics and travel are concerned?

By: NorCal Cazadora

NorCal Cazadora — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:37:35 +0000

I was thrilled to see that Minnesota’s DNR was actually thinking and studying this, rather than passing new regs in a knee-jerk fashion. With one of our F&G commissioners here talking about how hunters endanger people by putting wild boar and venison on the plate, I’m pretty sure California won’t be so methodical…

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:52:25 +0000

This is a pretty neat study. There is another interesting study called “copper vs lead bullet fragmentation study” on youtube. Does some ballistic gel comparison and other things to compare some differences in performance.