I inherited a bag or two of what turned out to be reclaimed #8 shot, likely from a skeet range or something. It's pretty beat up with golf ball like dimples from adjacent pellets during firing and burrs from hitting a sandy/gravel backstop or something. I sure wouldn't shoot it without using shotcups for fear of embedded silica sand scratching the bbls. I bet it scatters like hell at close range though. I'm going to use some of it to fill the bags on my Caldwell rest; no need to use new shot for that purpose.
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