Originally Posted By: Stan
Originally Posted By: treblig1958
I just don't understand why they max out these tungsten loads like this. Tungsten will kill just fine using pressures developed by the old lead waterfowl loads. Steel and bismuth need all they help they can get but not tungsten.


They are not marketing them for the few of us who shoot vintage doubles at ducks. They are trying to reach "the masses', who shoot ducks with gas operated jammamatics that need high pressures to to work reliably. Pressure is not the same as velocity. You can get velocity without extreme pressures. Velocity X mass, with enough density in the pattern, is what kills ducks. Pressure is meaningless as far as killing goes.

SRH



The old lead loads killed ducks and geese just fine without this massive loading creating all this chamber pressure. All I'm saying is create another line for the tungsten that replicates these older lead shells because there are a whole lot of guys out there with not only older doubles but also the older pump guns who would like to do some hunting.