Advocate – Baton Rouge, La. Author:JOE MACALUSO Date:Nov 9, 1997 Start Page:20.C Section:OUTDOORS Skeet and trap shooters have known about its effects for years. Turkey hunters, a group that searches for longer, tighter shotgun patterns with the same zeal as Sir Gawain’s quest for the Holy Grail, believe it gives them an advantage in
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Advocate – Baton Rouge, La. Author:JOE MACALUSO Date:Nov 2, 1997 Start Page:20.c Section:Outdoors There are all kinds of ways to look at today’s nontoxic-shotgun-shell story, and there are all kinds of ways to shoot holes in what was found in the two simple tests. More important than finding out that bismuth shells and the new
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Advocate – Baton Rouge, La. Author:JOE MACALUSO Date:Nov 2, 1997 Start Page:20.c Section:Outdoors It’s been almost 10 years since lead shot was banned for taking waterfowl, not because of lead fired into the air, but because of the volume of shot that didn’t find a target. Lead is toxic and was covering the bottoms
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