Bismuth Shot - On Sale
 

FYI: Waterfowl season is only a few months away. Just ordered ten pounds of bismuth shot from RotoMetals for $16.90 per pound (delivered). Seems to be the best deal around by about $8 per pound.

-Victor

We went through a comparison a while ago between two bismuth suppliers a while ago

I would be interested to see how this stacks up as far a the true size of the pellets and number of pellets per ounce


Here is the previous discussion
http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...hlight=Bismuth

Once yours arrives could give us that data so that we can compare

Will do, Rick. I have #1 shot coming, and will collect some pellets per ounce data.

-Victor

http://www.rstshells.com/store/p/176...-Load-Box.aspx

About to try these out on some teal with my Damascus GH.

Today I measured the #1 bismuth shot I received from RotoMetals. Two one ounce samples had 84 and 85 pellets, respectively. Five half ounce samples had 43, 43, 42, 44 and 43 pellets, respectfully, which extrapolates to 86, 86, 84, 88 and 86 pellets per ounce. Therefore, the average pellet count was 85.5 per ounce (~106 pellets in a 1.25 ounce load). Seems fairly consistent in size and comparable with #2 lead.

-Victor

thanks Victor

i might get some to do some comparison tests

i am interested to try penetration tests with the different brands

I have tons of Bismuth shot, mostly in sizes larger than I would generally use..... all I have to do is cut the 3.5" 12ga and 10ga shells open to get it. I cleaned a supplier out of everything he had in bismuth shotshells and got 8 cases for the price of just the shot at the time. You can carefully cut the case at the crimp and dump the shot + buffer then reload and crimp the shortened shell with lead shot for target or outhouse shooting. A bit of a chore though....