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IRELAND: Farmers Could be Forced to 'Dump' Their Guns
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Irish gun owners could be forced to replace up to 210,000 guns if an EU vote to ban lead ammunition is passed. It is estimated that 110,000 of these guns are owned by farmers. The National Association of Regional Game Councils (NARGC) has warned that the decommissioning and replacing guns could cost farmers €241m; between the average cost of €2,720 for a new firearm and added expense of retraining and disposing of old guns. |
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stevelync
(7/15/2020)
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| I seem to recall the Irish being against Brexit. Funny how loyalty to the tyrants in Brussels never goes unpunished. |
| Comment by:
PHORTO
(7/15/2020)
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Bogus.
There is no scientific reason those shotguns cannot fire steel shot as well as lead shot.
Steel shot shells use plastic encapsulation to contain the shot and protect the bore until the shot leaves the barrel. |
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jac
(7/15/2020)
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Old shotguns are not designed for steel shot and it should not be used in them.
It is not because the barrels will get scratched. The steel shot does not pass through the choke safely causing excessive pressures on barrels that are often times very thin at the muzzle.
I have 5 old double barrel shotguns including Parkers and an Ithaca and have been warned not to use steel shot in any of them. |
| Comment by:
jac
(7/15/2020)
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"between the average cost of €2,720 for a new firearm and added expense of retraining and disposing of old guns."
Why would a farmer need a $3,000 shotgun?
You can buy very fine semi-auto and over and under shutguns for much less than $1000. Unless there is a huge tax on guns they would not cost near that much. Many of these guns are probably single barrel that should cost in the neighborhood of $200.
Why would one need retraining for a new shotgun?
Expense of disposing of old guns? Must be a European thing.
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