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Steel Shot

quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
This may be a stupid question, yet I still do not know the answer. I am getting an old side by side 10 gauge that was made probably sometime in the 70's. Can I shoot steel shot out of it or not??? I know whenever I bought my 12 gauge brand new it said in the manual that it COULD shoot steel shot, like that was some extra feature.....I was just wondering if an older gun like that could shoot it......sorry i don't know too much about shotguns......also what about tungsten??? is that harder than steel??? Thanks for the help


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  • quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is it safe to shoot steel out of any modern shotgun barrel?
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  • quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, a post regarding guns.

    Is it okay to shoot steel shot through a full choke barrel? I bought some #2 steel shot magnum loads for dirt cheap.
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  • quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was at Walmart last night and they had clearanced out all of their steel shotgun loads. Winchester High Velocity to be precise. I took advantage and bought all 32 boxes they had for $3.00 and $3.50 a box. They had some other to, ranging up to $11 a box. They also had some BBB size $14.97 marked down to $5.00. I just took all they had of the two cheapest priced. $3 was #2 shot and $3.50 was #1 shot. I figured it was cheaper than the low brass birdshot I normally plink around with.

    Once I got home, I remembered someone saying steel shortens the barrel life. Is this true? Any precautions I should take?

    Thanks
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was always told the only stupid question is the one you never ask.I would not think your gun was made for steel shot,therefor I would not shoot steel shot in it.



    Hope this helps!!

    Rugster
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Whatever happened to bismuth? I thought they decided that was a superior material to replace lead than steel?

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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