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Steel Shot

quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
edited July 2002 in Ask the Experts
I have a Western Field 12 gauge pump chambered for 3" magnum is it safe to use steel shot in it??? A visit to the local walMart found only steel in the larger shot sizes.
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  • quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    does it hurt to shot steel shot in bbl that are not made for it and what kind of damage does it do.
    thanks
    taz
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  • quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi, Anyone have reloading data useing Unique or Red Dot, with Winchester once fired hulls,Winchester wads, #6 STEEL shot. HAve a lot of powder I would like to use. Thanks
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  • quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a box of #2 and #3 steel shot shells. Are they about right for duck hunting?

    I now have a place on an island (Harsens) in the worlds largest fresh water delta in the world. While working on the cottage last year, there was shooting all day long. It's worth a try but will have to buy some decoys and accessories. Plan on trying in flooded cornfields in a DNR managed area.
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  • quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just bought a Benelli Nova 3-1/2" 12 ga. and I'd like to know if I can shoot steel shot in it. The chokes say no steel shot but can I buy a choke for steel shot and use it in that gun without screwing up the gun?
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  • quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Will steel shot damage the bore of older shotguns (50s and 60s vintage)

    PHP
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  • quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    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
    Can you tell me if my remington sp-10 and browning bps 10 ga are capable of handling steel shot,or where I can find out myself.T hanks Gordon.
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  • E.WilliamsE.Williams Member Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    MY grandfather used to let me take his old Spanish made double barrel 10gauge for turkey and what not and I shot steel bb with no problem.10 gauge barrels are made very heavy duty especially the older guns,I dont think you would have any trouble whatsoever.

    Eric S. Williams
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  • E.WilliamsE.Williams Member Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I beleive tungsten is a hardened form of steel.I know they have used it in knife blades before.

    Eric S. Williams
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The problem is not whether the barrels can handle the pressure, which should be similar unless it's a BP weapon (and 70s manufacture makes that highly unlikely), but if they will become scored from the shot. It's a crap shoot whether or not a particular older firearm has bores of sufficient hardness to withstand the harder shot. Conventional wisdom is that one should use Bismuth shot in such weapons if hunting where non lead loads are required. Tungsten is a different element than iron. I don't know the relative hardness, but would suggest you contact Remington or other companies making the various tungsten loads as I'm sure they could tell you.
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