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Non-Toxic shotgun shells?

monticellotdmmonticellotdm Member Posts: 256 ✭✭✭
edited January 2015 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
Does anyone on the board reload their own non-tox shells?
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  • bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443 ✭
    edited November -1
    doesn't that kind of defeat the point of a shotgun shell?
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  • babunbabun Member Posts: 11,038 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nope, not worth the trouble to me. I shoot about 100 rnds of it a year.
    When I was shooting trap, I shot 100 rnds in a afternoon. You bet I reloaded those low brass blue hulls!!!

    Here is some reading for you.

    http://dnr.wi.gov/education/outdoorSkills/documents/reload.pdf
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  • CoolhandLukeCoolhandLuke Member Posts: 7,826 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dang in all this years I never knew shotgun shells where toxic[B)] unless I shot something with them.!!
    What are non toxic shot gun shell good for?
    Where is Don when he is needed??[}:)]
    We have to fight so we can run away.
    Capt. Jack Sparrow.
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  • nemesisenforcernemesisenforcer Member Posts: 10,513 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wouldn't recommend eating shotgun sells toxic or otherwise.
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  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,278 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Moved it over here for the shotshell reloaders.
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  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,009 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by monticellotdm
    Does anyone on the board reload their own non-tox shells?


    What gauge(s) do you shoot, and about how rounds per month/year?
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  • Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
    edited November -1
    I reload shotshells, so it's not a problem to also load Non-Toxic. I don't load steel because I don't have a shotgun that can safely shoot it; I find Nice shot works the best of what I can buy as components although if the makers were to sell Tungsten Matrix, that would work well too.
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,081 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Early in the "non-lead" phase, it was considered unhandy or even dangerous to attempt reloading non-tox. This has changed to some extent but requires considerable research(so I'm told)to find the right combination of components. I don't reload non-tox since I don't shoot it much. I still have most of a case I bought 10 years ago.
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  • monticellotdmmonticellotdm Member Posts: 256 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ray B

    I have about 30 spent shells from duck hunting this year. (12ga 3")
    A mix of Kent Impact TM's, a few Hevi-shots, a few Bismuth, a dozen Win. Drylock Steel....And the empty boxes.

    If you would like them, email me your particulars, and I would be more than happy to send them to you.

    I pick up my spent shells when I can find them, so as to not litter the woods, and have no use for them, but, they are too nice to just throw away...so if you can use them they are yours....postage free.

    FrancF...sorry didn't even think to check for a reloaders forum...

    Timothy McGinniss
    tdmcginniss@gmail.com
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  • Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
    edited November -1
    Sending e-mail- greatly appreciate the kindness.
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  • asphalt cowboyasphalt cowboy Member Posts: 8,904 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.ballisticproducts.com/

    Ballistic Products has quite a lineup of wads and load recipes for just about any non-toxic you might want to load. Then even have load manuals strictly for non-tox and steel.
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  • dakotashooter2dakotashooter2 Member Posts: 6,186
    edited November -1
    I load a few rounds with airsoft pellets......... Does that count as non toxic?.................
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