Buckshot

[Austin J Hawthorne Jr.]

Rather amazing results with that TSS however here, in New Jersey, only Buckshot or slugs are allowed for deer hunting. It looks like an awful lot of meat is damaged though with TSS.

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Austin J Hawthorne Jr.

Rather amazing results with that TSS however here, in New Jersey, only Buckshot or slugs are allowed for deer hunting. It looks like an awful lot of meat is damaged though with TSS.

There is no need for the loads they are shooting with TSS that destroy a deer and make it useless. One ounce would be more than enough. That is why the smaller TSS is considered buckshot and would be legal. TSS is 56% heavier than lead. So you don't need a traditional buckshot size. Maybe one day the NJ game department will catch up with other states to allow it. We can use whatever size we want, because they call it "shotgun only" counties. No restrictions on shot size. If NJ calls it shotgun only, then they don't define it as "buckshot only." But you may have to worry about larger size shot bridging with TSS in an old gun, and bulge a barrel.