Single use plastics in ammunition

[Fox]

Well Gun Nut isn't a Wiper snapper..maybe his Grandfathers shot Black Powder in their day and had to reload every shot.. HaHa...

Cartridge firearms were the norm in the early 1900s, not saying that there were not reloaders around but I know that in my family (big family) there was 1 hunter/shooter before me that reloaded, my great uncle and did not do it until later in life. Most of the times we have to go through the guns and gear we find ammo from 50+ years ago that was still their hunting stash. They just did not shoot very much, often did not have the money to shoot more than was needed to put the meat in the freezer.

[Snowwalker]

Cartridge firearms were the norm in the early 1900s, not saying that there were not reloaders around but I know that in my family (big family) there was 1 hunter/shooter before me that reloaded, my great uncle and did not do it until later in life. Most of the times we have to go through the guns and gear we find ammo from 50+ years ago that was still their hunting stash. They just did not shoot very much, often did not have the money to shoot more than was needed to put the meat in the freezer.

"Only White man waste bullet on Paper. Paper not make good soup, not warm in winter."

[Species8472]

If they think I'm giving up my single use Latex/Nitro gloves I use for skinning /butchering deer..they have another thing coming.

While they are single use they are not plastic per say. Both nitrile and latex are technically rubber - so you should be safe.

[Snowwalker]

While they are single use they are not plastic per say. Both nitrile and latex are technically rubber - so you should be safe.

Unless the he buys them from a catholic. Then there is a small hole in every one.

[Gun Nut]

Well Gun Nut isn't a Wiper snapper..maybe his Grandfathers shot Black Powder in their day and had to reload every shot.. HaHa...

You got that right MikePal, grandfather was an old black powder burner. He had an old double cap-lock muzzle loader, as well as a Belgian double breech loader. After he passed , there were few old shells in the box he used for tools. I recall bro touching one them off at a stump out on the lake one evening. The flame from the muzzle reached pretty much out to the stump, which look to be a good 25 to 30 yards out. in the water. Father made an attempt to reload some shells for bro and I using grandpa’s old loading tools. It resulted in him blowing up the old Belgian, His mistake, when he went shopping for components. He came home with smokeless powder instead of black powder and loaded the shells with 3 drams of .Red Dot. The old doctor asked dad about his loading efforts while he was removing the 5 or 6 shot pellets from his one thump.
“Man,” he said,” that was about twice the amount of powder you should have been using” Oddly enough this peculiar event didn’t deter bro or I from becoming lifetime reloaders. What it taught us was to do it with reference to a good reloading manual.


You don’t stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

[Useless]

Some people reload the shot shells so not all are single use.

[terrym]

Some people reload the shot shells so not all are single use.

The wads are.

[Snowwalker]

The wads are.

Yup wads are always lost, but the plastic used in the hulls can be put in your recycle bin. It's important to remove the metal base.

[Dythbringer]

There are still paper shells being manufactured.
Federal's Gold Medal Grand target load lines has them. However, they are only in target loads.
Throw in a biodegradable plastic wad and you have an environmentally friendly shotgun shell. Now, we as a group (all hunters not just the ones in Canada) would need to give the ammo companies a reason to begin to manufacture environmentally friendly shotgun shells. Voting with our wallets is the only way companies will switch doing business.

[Dythbringer]

Yup wads are always lost, but the plastic used in the hulls can be put in your recycle bin. It's important to remove the metal base.

Which is great if your recycling program accepts Low Density Polyethylene. Not all recycling programs across the province and country are the same.