Is Anyone Shooting Steel Shot Here?

[charlie caller 3,654]

Don't know I always use felt wads. Nothing worse than a farmer with a vets bill because his animal chewed on a plastic wadding.

Not with steel shot you don't,(assuming you ever use steel) it all amounts to the death by a thousand cuts strategy, cant ban shooting outright so lets do it bit by bit to erode it until nothing is left, I would urge everyone to resist a lead ban in the strongest way possible, wherever you can.

[03milesR 6]

Putting the argument of lead and steel and which is better a side for a minute. When you go on a pheasant shoot and you have the old boys shooting with their 100 year old English heritage guns, the damage done to the bore of them guns with be huge. Thus destroying and ruining any use of any older gun. I know my rough gun which I use for pigeons couldn't handle the toughness of steel. It would be ripped to shreds.

[bbjaccov5 4]

Putting the argument of lead and steel and which is better a side for a minute. When you go on a pheasant shoot and you have the old boys shooting with their 100 year old English heritage guns, the damage done to the bore of them guns with be huge. Thus destroying and ruining any use of any older gun. I know my rough gun which I use for pigeons couldn't handle the toughness of steel. It would be ripped to shreds.

 

Yes true that would be a major problem for you guys. I saw some amazing old guns in england but not steel proof. That would ruin the english shooting.

 

Gr Jacco

[Nik_B 3,790]

There are other reasons to be wary of steel shot. It is more likely to ricochet off trees and water from what I have been told so there is also a safety issue. I think this is why they don't allow steel at clay grounds.

 

I've used steel on ducks and it took them down very well, all killed stone dead but I'd only put steel through my big O/U and with the right chokes. I wouldn't like to chance it through my crappy SBS.

[bbjaccov5 4]

Yes youre right! Totally forgot to mention. We never had any trouble with trees or water but since we do use steel at claygrounds we have to wear safety glasses! Because it is proven it has a higher change of ricochet.

 

I dont believe shooting through trees would be a problem but hard stuff like ice could be dangerous.

[Alsone 789]

 

Don't know I always use felt wads. Nothing worse than a farmer with a vets bill because his animal chewed on a plastic wadding.

Not with steel shot you don't,(assuming you ever use steel) it all amounts to the death by a thousand cuts strategy, cant ban shooting outright so lets do it bit by bit to erode it until nothing is left, I would urge everyone to resist a lead ban in the strongest way possible, wherever you can.

 

 

I forgot with steel they use plastic wadding to protect the barrels. Shows how much steel I've shot.

 

As for ricochets, always a risk with steel but alos with any ammo. I remember being on a pheasnt shoot when the guy next to me got hit in the lip by a single pellet that ricocheted off a walls some 40 yds away from some else's shot.

 

Nicely imbedded under the skin between the out and inner surface of the lip. Poor guy had to go to hospital to have it removed. Otherwise OK. Not life threatening or anything but it just goes to show that even lead can ricochet. Ever since then, I've worn shooting glasses with shot proof lenses.