Fiocchi's planned primer factory in Little Rock should ease the recreational ammunition shortage while providing the world's only supply of lead-free primers. The company's decision to build its ...

Environmentalists said there is ample evidence that lead ammunition is poisoning condors. When biologists captured the birds in the 1980s and began a captive-breeding program to save them from ...

The condors’ best friend might end up being the soaring cost of gasoline. Hunters’ primary objection to non-lead ammunition is its cost -- about $20 more a box than similar-quality lead.

By Lori Ann Burd Whether in ammunition, paint or gasoline, lead is highly toxic, particularly for children, and causes a range of disabling health problems and even death at extremely low exposure ...

Since the workshop I've learned the performance of copper bullets in my .270 Winchester Short Magnum and .243 rifles is equal to, if not better than, the bonded lead bullets I used previously.

At longer ranges, the lead bullets make an impact but fragment out before hitting any vitals and basically poisoning the animal to death instead of delivering a swifter kill.

Critics, led by the National Rifle Association, say copper bullets cost more than lead — roughly $40 for a box of 20, compared to $20 for lead bullets — and don’t fly the same.