Joe,
Don't you just wish, that the lady warden would do that....most likely with a cattle prod!
Old Ford
Don't you just wish, that the lady warden would do that....most likely with a cattle prod!
Old Ford
Stumpkiller said:Go ahead and ask your local fish-cops what they plan on using if the need arises....
Bismuth shot is available from Precision Reloading. However, ISTR a discussion of this subject that I cannot locate (may have been on another forum) where someone experimented with various Bi-Sn alloys and found that he had to use much more tin in the alloy (30%?? more??) for ball then the 5% (originally supposed to be 3%, but often imprecisely alloyed, sometimes as low as ~1%) used for shot. As the tin proportion increases, the alloy becomes less dense but more ductile. The imprecise alloying, often with impure bismuth, as it is actually a byproduct from some other metal, was part of the reason for the problem with early Bi-Sn shot fracturing.Grey Whiskers said:I've wondered about melting Bismuth shot into r/balls but I'm not sure if it's still available.
roundball said:Just contacted that company to see if I can buy a small quantity to try...they may only deal in commercial size lots of thousands or something...will post back.
Grey Whiskers said:Buripity said:This may shed some more light on the topic.
http://www.blackpowdermag.com/featured-articles/nonlead-field-test.php[/quote]
Looks like Larry Pletcher already did some testing for us. He feels that the balls are a bit too big. When loading, the patch is easily cut. He does think they are accurate enuf for hunting.
We did the testing last summer, I think. I just reread it to remember what I wrote.
Dropping the belt diameter would help loading and make a think patch necessary. A dry ball is a bigger problem too. It is true that one can achieve hunting accuracy, handling the problems that comes with the harder ball. If you plan to try these, I'd recommend reading the article. BTW these balls are magnetic.
Regards,
Pletch
GW
Pletch said:Grey Whiskers said:Buripity said:This may shed some more light on the topic.
http://www.blackpowdermag.com/featured-articles/nonlead-field-test.php[/quote]
Looks like Larry Pletcher already did some testing for us. He feels that the balls are a bit too big. When loading, the patch is easily cut. He does think they are accurate enuf for hunting.
We did the testing last summer, I think. I just reread it to remember what I wrote.
Dropping the belt diameter would help loading and make a think patch necessary. A dry ball is a bigger problem too. It is true that one can achieve hunting accuracy, handling the problems that comes with the harder ball. If you plan to try these, I'd recommend reading the article. BTW these balls are magnetic.
Regards,
Pletch
GW
Joel/Calgary said:someone experimented with various Bi-Sn alloys and found that he had to use much more tin in the alloy (30%?? more??) for ball As the tin proportion increases, the alloy becomes less dense but more ductile.
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