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Unread 03-26-2022, 03:25 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by John Dallas View Post
It's been years since I loaded turkey loads with Grex buffering, but my tests showed a 25% improvement in pattern density with 3% antimony shot
From what I can tell 6% heat treated should give the same hardness if you were to make shot from linotype lead which I dont think anyone does. I think this comes down to these days most people would rather just jump to one of the tungsten alloys instead of experimenting with lead further. A side note I was recently reading about there is indeed non toxic lead but I havnt seen anyone try and make ammunition with it which I find interesting. Im not sure how much pattern I can expect with a cyl bore 8 gauge but it does seem to pattern buckshot out to 50 yards well.
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