Where do you buy shot

[RickD]

I`m having a problem finding where I can buy #6 shot at..Where do y`all buy yours

 

[paulvallandigham]

Check the suppliers listed under member services at the top of the first page, here. All sell shot, but the price and shipping charges can vary. Obviously, if you can find a supplier close to where you live, you will save shipping costs. If you have a shotgun range in your area, or any sporting goods store, you should be able to buy or order shot from them. Most skeet or trap clubs sell shot at a discount to members and guests. Same with Sporting Clays clubs. If not, talk ot the members and they will tell you the nearest and cheapest source of shot.

I found that I could save a few bucks by buying shot over in Bloomington, Illinois, but not enough to justify the cost of driving there an back if that was my only reason to be going. So, I would stop off any buy shot when I had business in Bloomington, or was passing by the city on my way to Peoria on business, or would place an order with a friend who was going over to make a buy of shot and shells. There are lots of ways to save some money, and always talk to the dealer about a volume discount. Then round enough friends and buy a large enough quantity to get that discount. All shotgun caly target shooters are reloaders, unless they are foolish millionaires. If they reload, they have to buy shot. So find other shotgun shooters. If you are only looking for a bag or two, I have had friends offer to sell me those quantities from their own " stash ". One friend who was a competitive Trap shooter had dozens of Full cases of shotgun shells in his basement he had bought on sale, because he shot so many shells each year he didn't have time to reload all of them on his Ponsness/Warren press. Today, he would be set up with a Dillon automatic, but the P/W was THE reloading press of its age. He always had several hundred pounds of shot on hand.

 

[sagebrush2401]

In Montana you can buy #4,6,7 1/2, and 8 shot in any sporting good store. Try[url] www.Cabelas.com[/url] look under shotshell reloading.

 

[shmrck1]

Rick,
Most gun shops in my area carry shot, usually in 25# bags. I would think S&H would be
rough on mail orders. :hmm:
snake-eyes

 

[Ridge]

I've always wondered......shot is very easy to find around here and I keep around 25 pounds of it on hand. Can I melt it down and cast roundballs? I've done it before...but I'm not sure of how hard they are.

Is shot too hard for casting roundballs?

 

[Deadeye]

Shot is hardened and pure lead is best for ML balls.
I usually have pad $13 for 25 lbs. of shot. About a month ago I went to buy some at the same place and the same shot was $28. Price of all metals and
shipping it have gone up drastically.

 

[bob1961]

gander mt has a reloading dept here in north east pa....i don't know if ya have them that far south :v ................bob

 

[Ohio Rusty]

Unless I can scrounge it, or get it from someone who has shot in bulk, I normally don't buy 25 pound bags of shot. I don't shoot that much shot from my muzzleloading shotgun to need to buy 25 pounds. I go to the discount store and buy 2 or 3 boxes of #6 cheap 12 gauge shot shells for $2.50 a box or less. (Sometimes you can get a box of 25 for $1.99). 3 boxes of shells will last me a whole season, or maybe two seasons. I just cut the plastic end open and dump the shot into my irish charging flask. You can get cheapo shot shells about anywhere, so getting shot this way solves any availability problem, even if you are hunting out of town or away from home. If I were to buy a bulk bag of shot, I would probably go to a gun store as I think most gun stores carry reloading equipment and bulk shot. As a side note, Ridge ... Yes melted shot is too hard for muzzleloader round balls, but that hardened shot melted down is fabulous for modern pistol bullets!!. Because of their hardness and added alloys, they don't lead your barrels too badly.
Ohio Rusty

 

[Tim Clark]

Gander Mtn here has 25# bags for $33.00. The small local guys have it anywhere from $23/bag up to $28/bag. The manager at Gander told me he'd let the shot go for $25.00 just to avoid losing a sale. Lead prices have gone crazy...

I knida like that idea about just buying the shotshells... gotta think that one over a bit.

 

[Ridge]

Yes melted shot is too hard for muzzleloader round balls,

I figured. I shot a small doe with a roundball that I'd cast from shot this year. That damn ball never flattened out at all. It went straight through her.

Whenever I'd shot one with a Hornady roundball they came out like silver dollars.

 

[hawk]

Hummason of Anncaster ,Ontario, Canada is a mantfacture of lead shot .
cost is about 25 bucks 25 lbs Canadian.

 

[WindLaker]

I buy mine from a place in Minnesota, I think it's called "Balistic Products", or something like that.

I also bought some real nice shot cups that make my grouse gun a real effective turkey gun.

They carry a wide range of felt wads, paper over-shot wads, and regular shotgun reloading stuff.

I bought a load of stuff proably 10 years ago, and I still haven't needed to re-supply.

I don't remember the shipping to be all that high.

 

[Ron LaClair]

I'm getting real low on shot and rabbit season is in full swing.

I checked the local Gander Mountain and the only have lead shot in #4 and #7 1/2 in 25# bags. I wanted to use #6 but I think a mix of 4's and 7 1/2's would be good. Trouble is I've gotta buy 25#'s of each :shocked2:

Me thinks I'll look into the idea of cheap shells by the box :hmm:

 

[paulvallandigham]

Buying Cheap shot shells to recover the lead from them instead of buying lead in bags in either 10# or 25# quantities is a very expensive " solution " to your problem. At. 1.99 per box of 25 shells, ( on sale, and usually in 1 oz loads, only) will give you a cost per ounce of shot at 8 cents. 25 lbs. of shot at 8 cents a pound is $32.00. Certainly you can't practice much at those cheap shell prices, which you would be able to do with the purchase of a large bag of shot.

If you do practie, by going to skeet or trap ranges, or even to sporting clay ranges, you will find other shooters who reload, and they would be a much better and cheaper source of small quantities of shot, since they tend to buy in quantity, and find where the best prices are anyway. Most hunters who reload had a bag or two of #6 lying around for their own use, as its a common shot size. I don't, but I have #5, #7 1/2, and #8 shot on hand. For rabbits, the 7 1/2 shot would do the job and then some. Considering the brush that rabbits like to inhabit, a 20 yd shot is a long shot, and you don't need a heavy pellet like #4 shot to get through it to kill the bunny. You are not likely to be able to see that rabbit at a distance where the #4 shot give you much of an advantage. Only when you have a good layer of snow on the ground, to mat down the grasses, and weeds can you expect to see a rabbit out there, and then the heavier shot can reach out and bag a bunny that you might otherwise not get.

 

[Ron LaClair]

Does any one mix their shot, say like 4's, with 6's or 7 1/2 ?

 

[WindLaker]

I remember WAY back when I was relaoding Duck Shells (when lead shot was legal) that when you mix shot sizes, it blows the pattern way out.

Don't do it unless you want a WIDE pattern.

 

[RC]

yes.......especially if i run out of 6 shot :rotf: seriously thou, yes i mix,depending what i'm hunting..4&6 fer turkey...7 &9's fer adirondack snipe..2 and 4 coyote..okay maybe a couple 00 throwed in..

 

[rabjr]

You only need a paper bag and a stick for Snipe RC geesh! :rotf:

 

[Hoyt]

Does any one mix their shot, say like 4's, with 6's or 7 1/2 ?

That's all I use on turkey loads..duplex load of 4's and 6's. I don't really know if it's better or not, but I would be using all 6's in not the duplex. Mixing the 4's in I feel if the bird is a hair farther than my 6's killing range maybe the 4's would help out.

 

[RC]

You only need a paper bag and a stick for Snipe RC geesh! :rotf:

..AND a bike! roy said!