"Lead free" ammunition mandate for Hunting in NYS is coming soon...very soon.
The Cornell Co-Operative students writing white papers of the evils of Lead ammunition relying on white papers written by students a decade ago who wrote their theists from papers written two decades ago without actual scientific field studies will dictate to the Legislature (that hates hunters and hunting anyway) that horrific irreversible damage will occur to Fish, wildlife, water, land and air if they don't ban the use of an element that's naturally found.
There's damn little ammunition out there that's 100% lead free, and what is, is very expensive...Barns Bullets are solid copper and absolutely outstanding in accuracy and terminal effects, but they are expensive to handload compared to many traditional billets.