Calcium carbonate pellets from drinking water decarbonisation as a substitute for lead in shotgun cartridges

Lead as a material for shot in cartridges for hunting or shooting shotguns has many disadvantages for human and animal health as well as for environme ntal quality: Metal substitutes can compensate these disadvantages only par tly. This paper tested calcium carbonate pellets (ECO-shot) from drinking w ater decarbonisation as a substitute for metal shot. Although totally envir onmental friendly, ECO-shot have shooting characteristics which are very di fferent from metal shots. However, for the sake of health and the environme nt, changes to the whole shooting system (cartridge, gun etc.) may be worth y of consideration.