As I examined the various non-tox options available for hunters looking to go lead free, one type of shot really stood out; pure copper.
I discovered that French ammo maker FOB has been marketing an entire line of copper loaded shells called Sweet Copper since 2013 and another French company, Vouzelaud just announced similar shells loaded with copper shot and a bio-degradable wad. In Germany, Rottweil is now selling a shell called "Copper Unlimited". Even Italian ammo giant Baschieri & Pellargi are getting into the pure copper shot game now. They have a new 'Dual Shock' shell that contains a half-and-half mix of pure copper #6 shot and #4 zinc-coated copper shot.
Naturally, with all the buzz around copper shot in Europe, I have to wonder if it will ever make its way over to this side of the ocean. But that brings up a whole slew of other questions. Here's a blog post with what I think the answers may be.
http://pointingdogblog.blogspot.ca/2015 ... -shot.html