Let me ask this; isn't "steel shot" more like iron than steel?
Another problem with lead, other than is potential harm to waterfowl, is that it has gone up considerably in price. I was to Gander Mountain yesterday and was shocked at the price of shotshells. $35.00 for a 25box of premium LEAD Remingtons! The 20ga slugs I bought just last fall for $2.50 per box of 5 are now $5.! Lead production was predicted, by those who follow those things, to be in full swing at this time. Lead, however, is a less common metal than steel/Iron. It appears the demand for it is not going away, unless the environmentalist shutoff China somehow. If we want to keep shooting we had better perpare for any possible future circumstance. That means keeping steel shot in the mix. Perhaps it is the only economical option for the future of hunting. I as well as anyone can read the writing on the wall. Shooting sports, especially shotgunning, are becoming a wealthy persons game. Keeping a large fraternity of shooters together for our preservation is going to be difficult. If steel shot becomes even more common place and provides a way shooters can keep shooting, that will be a good thing. I love the older guns too and I am hoping when I'm too old or too dead to use mine someone else can. To that end I offer this; I have a American Gun Company Hammer gun with steel barrels. I will see if I can't find my way clear to purchase some steel shot loads to run through this old gun. It has chokes that are open and the theory is that these should provide protection from damage. How many rounds would be required for a definative study I do not know. At current prices I could do 100 shell? What do you all think?
Best to you,
Kurt
Last edited by ben-t; 01/28/08 01:34 AM.
