Anyone loading bismuth?

[Stan Hillis]

One and a quarter ounces of #4 bismuth at about 1200 fps is the duck killingest load I've used in a long time ........... since lead was outlawed, actually. Three years ago in AR I killed a six duck limit with six loads, with my HE SuperFox. It is bad medicine for big ducks.

That said, I'm anxious to try out some Nice Shot (TM) next season (and a few loads of TSS through a modern foah-ten, for woodies).

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

One and a quarter ounces of #4 bismuth at about 1200 fps is the duck killingest load I've used in a long time ........... since lead was outlawed, actually. Three years ago in AR I killed a six duck limit with six loads, with my HE SuperFox. It is bad medicine for big ducks.

That said, I'm anxious to try out some Nice Shot (TM) next season (and a few loads of TSS through a modern foah-ten, for woodies).

I may pickup a BPS 10 or Gold 10 this year so I can shoot off the shelf 10 ga ammo when I cant find reloading supplies. At no point in these past 10 years has 10 gauge 3.5" been hard to find like more popular gauges. As well I could reuse the spent hulls from those for reloading my short 10s.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Milton C Starr

I may pickup a BPS 10 or Gold 10 this year so I can shoot off the shelf 10 ga ammo when I cant find reloading supplies. At no point in these past 10 years has 10 gauge 3.5" been hard to find like more popular gauges. As well I could reuse the spent hulls from those for reloading my short 10s.

Not trying to tell you what to do , but if you want a 10 3 1/2” just about anything to me feels better than a 10 gauge BPS . I had one for awhile , also a couple of Ithaca MAG 10 semi’s and a Remington SP-10 as well as shooting a friends Browning Gold 10 quite a bit . The Gold felt the best in the hands , the Ithaca’s were second and the SP-10 a very very close third .