ddavis_1313
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Be careful of agenda-fueled “studies.”
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Kind of like “peer reviewed journals”
Or the weaponization of “climate change”….
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Be careful of agenda-fueled “studies.”
P
Well, I have spent the last 2 days reading every study I can find comparing lead bullets to copper. I am not finding any scientific paper that talks about copper bullets not killing as well as lead. Every study I have found has stated that lead and copper bullets perform the same. And where they actually mention wound channels, they state that these are the same between lead and copper as well.
And now that these studies have been out for years, the newer studies point to these and pretty much all conclude that hunters should adopt no lead bullets. Every study basically states that lead is bad and should be removed from the environment, and copper ammo is the way forward when it comes to hunting.
There is no mention of issues about the specific features of would channels. No mention that copper bullets tend to perform better at speed vs lead which will typically expand better as velocities get lower. Most studies conclude that animals shot with copper travel further before becoming incapacitated, but this is universally dismissed in the studies as being negligible and irrelevant.
In the absence of anything that I can point to that refutes the government claims about the benefits of moving to copper ammo is going to make it impossible to put forward an argument for lead bullets that they would consider.
Yes, I understand. Its just depressing this is thee case.Please see my link above pertaining to “scientific/peer reviewed journals”. It may shed light on your search for a “study” that fits your needs and why one doesn’t exist.
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They had a whole podcast about it if i remember right.Meateater has a video on YouTube I believe, or at least an article on their site.
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There is no logical need to hit bone with copper bullets. Put it in the boiler room and it kills them. Your POA should be the top of the heart/bottom of the lungs and the arterial bundles that are in between. I’ve shot a number of elk with coppers and some of them truly took two steps and fell over.As for BG lead is very forgiving copper not so much. Hit bone with copper and you're good to go