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Here’s my unscientific analysis of steel shot…..when compared to lead…..or other “heavy” non tox stuff…..steel shot is in a class all its own when it comes straight up pure SUCK. I hate the stuff. I shoot about a case to a case and a half each waterfowl season and have done so for over two decades. I shoot good quality stuff, I have patterned it, I’ve adjusted chokes, etc to give the absolute best quality performance possible and it still sucks in regards to stopping power or killing. I’ve shot mallards and blew them up like pillows only to watch them fly off. Sad thing is, I know they’re dead birds flying. It pisses me off. I don’t like wounding anything. I don’t sky bust, I decoy birds, shots are within 20 to 40 yrds. I shoot too many birds to justify going strictly to other non tox. I just can’t afford it. I only use bismuth or TM when I use a classic double on nice days usually late season.
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This company is combining ...
Aluminum @ 2.70 g/cm3 Tin @ 5.765 g/cm3 Zinc @ 7.13 g/cm3 and Bismuth @ 9.31 g/cm3
....... and claim that their alloy of the above is "producing performance similar to that of lead", which is 11.43 g/cm3?
C'mon, man. Do the math. They've got to be playing fast and loose with the word "similar".
Maybe the same outfit that is still trying to convert lead into gold?
In comparison to premium steel waterfowl loads bismuth loads are not that high. Shoot at a couple cripples swimming away two or three more times and the "savings" on the price soon put you upside down. What I never understood is this ..... if lead was poisoning ducks and you had copper coated lead shot available already, which would prevent any contact of lead with the duck's digestive system, why was copper coated lead shot banned, like the old, excellent Luballoy? The shot the ducks were ingesting from the bottom of the lakes and marshes would have been totally undamaged, leaving the copper plating intact. I believed at the time it was all a knee jerk reaction by federal authorities, and over the ensuing years I've found nothing to change my opinion.
The best I've ever shot on ducks was six for six, with my HE Fox and handloaded 1 1/4 oz. Bismuth Co. no. 4s. If you do that with steel you'd better really pick your shots, because extra shots at cripples count against your average.
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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Well Stan follow the money on any study You're preachin' to the choir, mc.
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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JfroUK
I think you are mistaken..... to quote me as above.? My apologies. I was quoting trw999's post in the first sentence and tried to edit down the quote bit to one sentence. I think he had been quoting you which is how the quote reference to you got in. My mistake - poor editing of what I quoted.
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Stan,,facts just the facts
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