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| 738.1 | Tungsten/poly | CLUSTA::VIRGIL | | Tue Sep 04 1990 14:27 | 20 |
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> Does anybody have any scoop on the "new" shot being tested. I believe
> it is composed of Tungston and plastic, and is extruded.....someone
> told me it is already in Britain, and will be available in the States
> next year.
There was an article in Wildfowl, last issue I think. Anyway, the
author referred to it as Tungsten/poly shot. He said it was superior
to steel and held the same properties as lead.
The article also mentioned that it would be manufactured and available
in the states in a few years. One or two.
> Another person I know went to a steel shot seminar, where this new shot
> type was briefly mentioned as NOT superior to steel
This is very different from what this article stated.
Michael
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| 738.2 | | CLUSTA::STORM | | Wed Sep 05 1990 10:38 | 10 |
| There is also an article on this new shot in the latest issue
of American Hunter. It says this new shot is superior to steel (but
this magazine as always been extremely anti-steel). The main thing
is that it does not damage the fine guns used so much in England.
It also says cost is an issue. The shells are expected to cost
roughly 4 times that of lead shells. Of course, that is not much
of a factor if you are shooting a $5,000+ shotgun.
Mark,
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| 738.3 | I was waiting to see a price | DECWET::HELSEL | Legitimate sporting purpose | Wed Sep 05 1990 12:07 | 8 |
| 4x as much?
Wow.
Let's see....if I switch from an autoloader to a single shot that will
bring the cost down to just over 1.3:1.......
/brett
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| 738.4 | Tungsten-Poly shot update | DATABS::STORM | | Mon Feb 18 1991 09:44 | 26 |
| A brief update on the new tungsten-poly shoot from an article in
the latest issue of WILDFOWL. Basically, this article said that all
the early writings on this new shot were made by people who were
quoting statements of 1 or 2 writters and had not tested the new shot
themselves. Shotshells with this new shot is being manufactured under
the name of "Black Feather". There is one US reseller in Maine.
Basically, initial testing of this writter and others are not as
glamorous as originally claimed. The desity of the shot is about half
way between steel and lead, if I remember the numbers correctly. The
pellets do get disformed when fired (they were originally claimed to
bounce back to perfectly round). They did not pattern anything like
as well as claimed. Basically, an improved cylinder pattern was the
best they could do, and that was with a full choke. Now for the
real killer - US shell will cost fifty something bucks for a box of
25!!! That is a LOT higher than what had been suggested by other
writers.
The company producing the shells basically agreed that these shells
would never be a replacement for steel and that their product would
be marketed to wealthy European gunners who have expensive guns and
want to shoot non-toxic shot without damage - and price is not an
issue.
Mark,
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