SPAR 2 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 has any one shot game/vermin with tungsten cartridges and feed to there hawk. I know its non toxic but does it upset your hawks by body weight or anyone had any problems with them casting it. The same with steel shot Quote Link to post
jasper65 6 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 has any one shot game/vermin with tungsten cartridges and feed to there hawk. I know its non toxic but does it upset your hawks by body weight or anyone had any problems with them casting it. The same with steel shot I use the steel shot Spar for a good few years and its no problem . I heard loads of crap in the past about the steel shot f*****g the barrels up but beleive me mate its bollox! The shot stays in the Wad cup until it left the barrel so no shot comes in contact. The other problem I had with steel is its obviousley lighter than lead and lacks the same energy reducing the range, so I was having to come down a size and up a couple of grams! I have now been adviced off WAG to come yet another size which makes sense, The steel shot I still have in theCuboard is Gamebore size 5 - 32Gram, the advice was to come down to a 4... One more thing mate! steel shot at close'ish ranges punches holes clean through most things, but be warned if you eat anything shot with steel watch your dentures just incase ..... ATB Jasper Quote Link to post
SPAR 2 Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) Cheer Jasper just wanted to make sure first. Tin shot is no good as it has the tendency it rust so I have been told by a game dealer once its been frozen So you have not had any problem with sharp steel sitting in the crop Edited January 18, 2008 by SPAR Quote Link to post
jasper65 6 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Cheer Jasper just wanted to make sure first. Tin shot is no good as it has the tendency it rust so I have been told by a game dealer once its been frozenSo you have not had any problem with sharp steel sitting in the crop None mate! over the years I have shot a good few head of quarry to fill the freezer with steel shot but all has been fine, I never really found much shot while chopping food up and if I did all the shot was complete. Neil Forbes did a peice I read somewhere! and he mentioned steel shot was fine for Raptors .... ATB Jasper Quote Link to post
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