Boss copper-plated bismuth shot shells

[LtCol Henderson Marriott]

Jeff Stegmeier, who wrote of the problem with Boss shot in the AHFCA News Letter,
and I have been communicating on the shot shell issues.
He also has an inquiry ongoing with Boss, Inc.

The Boss patent author, Cerecke, also happens to be the Boss owner and CEO. In addition to copper plating, Boss supplied shot pellets may have cores of tin-bismuth alloy.
If tin is alloyed with bismuth, the percentage may affect the brittleness of shot.
It appears that Boss has the sole copper-plating patent on bismuth, but we don't know for sure that their plating of Boss shot is in-house or sub-contracted out.
Perhaps the CEO will let us know.
This has been an interesting PGCA-AHFCA joint effort. Some of you like me, may be members of both collector associations. We learn from each other.