Old Shot vs. New
The other day I was breaking down some old paper shotshells whose primers had failed to fire. They were loaded with #6 shot that had oxidized badly. Out of curiosity, I reloaded four rounds of the oxidized shot into a hunting load that I use, and compared the spread at forty yards to the spread of my regular loads at the same distance. They were both fired from a Full chock barrel. Pattern testing revealed a 77% pellet count with the new shot, and a 46% pattern with the oxidized shot. These are the averages of four shots.
Just something to think about when using vintage shells for longer shots.
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