Should I focus on lead free bullets?

[GAR700]

I am working up a new load for a 300 win mag and was wondering if I should focus on lead free bullets.
Here are a couple of reasons I can think of...
1. I live in the progressive state of Oregon. I can see an environmental push being made sometime in the future to legally require the use of lead free bullets in Oregon. I would be staying ahead of the curve and be stocked up if that were to occur.
2. Some of the lead free bullets that I have used perform wonderfully. Specifically the Barnes TSX's. I can see no reason other than a slightly higher cost (I'm comparing them to Partitions and the like) to avoid them.

Some reason not to switch would be.
1. Maybe lead will never outlawed for hunting in Oregon...
2. Lead bullets offer such a wide variety of options...
3. I'd like to avoid caving in to the activists...

What do you think?

Sorry if this is in the wrong place...

GAR

[Edward429451]

All three of the reasons you listed are good reasons to work with lead. It'd be nice to be ahead of the curve and in compliance with the Government and now we can all live happily ever after, right? Except that we know how that works. No matter how much you try to be a straight shooter with laws...they always make it next to impossible and expensive and more hoops than necessary.

So work up your lead free load, but don't abandon lead for your Gooberment. Soon they will raise the tax and cost for lead free to just out of your reach or outlaw it completely...and you want to be able to continue to shoot...

[wncchester]

"Should I focus on lead free bullets?"

Dunno about you but I'm not. Thankfully, I live about as far from the left coast as possible and don't have to be concerned with that kind of PC crap.

[snuffy]

I am working up a new load for a 300 win mag and was wondering if I should focus on lead free bullets.

So what are you going to replace the lead bullets with? Copper? Guess what------------copper is also toxic! So when they have everybody switched over to all-copper bullets, they'll say,,,---gee you'll have to find something else to shoot at "those poor innocent CUTE animals" I should add Tasty to that list but they'd rather graze then eat meat.

[Farmland]

An old farm trick to keep the cat population down was to place pennies in their drinking water. I have never tried it but the old timers swear by it.

[GAR700]

I guess I never thought about copper being toxic. Why has nobody made a big stink about that yet? Is it less likely to be ingested?

Critters ARE tasty...

GAR

[brickeyee]

I guess I never thought about copper being toxic. Why has nobody made a big stink about that yet? Is it less likely to be ingested?

Why do you think copper pans had a tin lining?
Now stainless, but still a lining.

Copper is required in VERY small quantities, but produces illness in larger doses.

If it was not for the coating that forms inside copper water pipes we would have problems with them.
Until the coating forms there is copper in the water, just not for a long enough time to cause problems before the coating forms.

[GAR700]

OK,
I understand that copper is also toxic. What are my options then? It is still the best option if you can't shoot lead. Is it worth worrying about or should I put the blinders on and hope nothing bad happens?
GAR

[Farmland]

Your best option is to shoot what you want, they are still both legal.