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Re:Lead contamination in hunted meat by chmod600 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:18PM (#29503752)
Why does hunting and practice ammo need to be the same? Is subsistence hunting that precise?

And if you can use cheap ammo for practice, then I would guess the price of ammo for actual hunting wouldn't be very significant. A dollar extra per animal or something?

I don't really know, just trying to understand.

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Re:Lead contamination in hunted meat by kache_ on Friday December 10, 2021 @11:57AM (#29512153)
A few dollars is make or break for the week for a lot of rural folks. When I was getting my hunting license, speaking to other people there made me realize how much of a (privileged) bubble I lived in.
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Re:Lead contamination in hunted meat by robobob5000 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:32PM (#29503915)
different ballistic trajectories. You need to zero your rifle with one ammo type. This may be different for shotguns
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Re:Lead contamination in hunted meat by chmod600 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:44PM (#29504076)
Isn't that for long-range? I guess so, I just didn't know that was a major factor for typical hunters on a budget (who probably have cheap scopes anyway).
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