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Old 07-02-2020, 01:33 PM
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Lead was outlawed........... and the lighter Steel pellet was put into service but, being lighter in weight , it needed to be bigger in size to work and also have higher speeds to get enough energy to penetrate 1-1.5" into a Duck, for clean kills.

The little 1 oz. load is used since it can reach 1550fps or more with a #5 -#2 steel pellet that can work from 40 yards out to 55 yards with practice.
Many hunters go to the 3" 12 Ga. for a higher payload and some even by the newer shotguns that have a 3.5" chamber to have the maximum payload working for them for Geese with BB to T size steel pellets.

Actually there is a lot to steel pellets, they are not the same and it all depends on their Density that they have per their makers. Here is a sample. (+/- )
Heavy Steel ...... 9.0
Bismuth ........... 9.7
Tungsten steel... 10.3
ITX ................. 10.7
Matrix .............. 10.8
LEAD ................ 11.3
E shot ............... 12
Nice .................. 13
TSS ................... 18 ($$$)

I like duck on the BBQ so I reload steel shells.

Steel pellets for SD...... ??
Might try to find data on this before using it.

Stay safe.

Last edited by Nevada Ed; 07-02-2020 at 09:25 PM.
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