#6 Shot?

[Marc Adamchek]

Can anyone recommend a vendor that sells #6 shot?

 

[Bountyhunter]

Any sporting goods store that has powder or reloading supplies should have #6 shot.

 

[Rebel]

You can get it from Ballistic Products but the shipping is high on it.

 

[ffffg]

balastic products 1888 273 5623,,,precision reloading 800 223 0900 for orders.. 25 lbs nmber 6 magnum with shipping from precision is about 35 dollars if ordered on line.. remember this is the middle of their most buisy season and ground is slow..make sure they have it in stock before you order.. 5 1/2 nickle plated shot is really great and just a little heavier to make up for lost velocity of black powder and wont lead up the bore, its found at balistic products and costs about 30 dollars for 11 pounds plus shipping.. it should last your for a few years if your shooting a single shot.. double barrels eat up twice as much shot.. you can look and ask at your trap club to see if someone would part with some, but i doubt it as shipping is expnesive and they probably buy personal hunting sizes in bulk only once every several years and they dont want to run out.. your local stores may have plenty but at this time youll problably be finding they are sold out unless you are lucky.. dave

 

[Slamfire]

Any sporting goods store that has powder or reloading supplies should have #6 shot.

Not around here it isn't. Seems most reloading is done by those who shoot clays. I had to go halfway to GA for #6 shot when it was required for the smoothbore shooting contest.

 

[paulvallandigham]

If you can find any Registered Skeet, Trap, or Sporting Clays even in your area, there will always be vendors present that sell reloading components. They often have a variety of sizes of shot- all in 25 lbs. bags. If they don't have them on site, they will give you their address and you can visit their stores or warehouses and buy it from there direct. I used to travel 60 miles to Bloomington, Illinois, with a friend, to stock up on shot and reloading components when I was actively shooting registered Trap. By buying in volume, we got a discount on what we would have had to pay elsewhere. Also, Skeet and Trap clubs often sell components. These are one fired hulls, plastic wads, primers, and shot, and you are only interested in the shot, but they are a good source. Ask around at sporting goods stores to locate the nearest club. Or contact the NRA.

 

[Ohio Rusty]

I do what I normally do when I can't find bulk shot and need some. This week K-mart was running small game shells in 12 gauge #6 shot for $2.99 a box. If I can't get bulk, I'll go and buy a couple of boxes of these cheap shells, cut open the ends and dump the shot into my shot pouch. A box gives me 25 shots, more than enough for a month of shooting. People will say it's not cost efficient to do it that way, but when that is your only close source, and the price of gas or high shipping costs makes it cost prohibitive to get it in bulk, getting shot in the form of a couple of the cheapest brand boxes at a time is actually cheaper, and it's a heck of alot better than a hand full of pebbles because you couldn't find lead shot in bulk. Buying some boxes also gives you the option of different shot sizes instead of having to buy 25 pounds of #6's, 25 pounds of #7 and 1'2's, 25 pounds of #8's, etc.
Ohio Rusty

 

[J.M.]

Hi Marc, I've had good luck just calling the loacl gunshops. Start close to home and work your way out, often the smaller shops have these type of supplies laying around. I just bought a bag of #4 for $20 in a small shop one town over. PM me if you want, I can look around the shops near home, Im not sure how close you are to me, I live in Taunton.

 

[Geoff Jones]

Hey Marc,

I don't know where you are in Mass...but I've never know Riley's in Concord NH to be out of any size shot...I've gone there before hunting season, during and just after and always found what I've needed. Worth a phone call and drive if you're close.
geoff

 

[guncobbler]

Marc - Do they still shoot skeet at Singletary Rod and Gun in Oxford? Someone ought to know there. If they don't you could probably scoop it off the ground with a shovel. GC

 

[flintlockmdj]

Slamfire, You should have come on the rest of the way to Georgia and stayed, :rotf: that would have been your greatest acomplishment in life. :grin:

 

[Slamfire]

No sir it would not. Finding Coker Creek was my greatest accomplishment. After 33 years in Los Angeles, I don't need to live in a growing area like Hotlanta. :blah:

 

[Marc Adamchek]

Thanks, Rusty! I did just that. It was kinda fun splittin' 'em open and pourin' out the shot