Is my math right?

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Mike Franzen

Thanks Mark and Pete. Pete, I too thought something was wrong when I weighed out 602 grains of Bizmuth, poured it into my shot cup and leveled it up. It read 2 0z lead by volume. I then read your post on the number of pellets in 602 grains and I came up with 115. Does anyone know how many #1 lead pellets would be in 602 grains? I'm thinking around 85. Also, this is a load I'm developing for waterfowl using 2 7/8 brass hulls and smokeless powder. I used lead shot for test firing and to determine the shot charge. I didn't want to test with Bizmuth due to it's cost. I'll pattern with bizmuth though. I'm seeing a lot of potential with these all brass hulls due to their capacity. Seems like there are going to be a lot of options for both lead and non-tox

As I said there is no consistency to the size of Bismuth pellets regardless of what they are marked. I have found the best way is to take 10 random pellets from each bottle, weigh them and divide by 10 to get an average weight of each pellet. From there I can calculate how many pellets will be in a particular load. The number of #1 Bismuth pellets for 1 1/4 and 3/8 ounce loadings I cited is from the bottle I have. Your bottle of #1 may vary from that. Again from my bottle, 112 #1 pellets was 1 3/8 ounces.