Casting bismuth for shot?

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

I have a old Ithaca mag 10 of my dads it has downed a many of turkeys I still hunt with it some...with lead bb s it is a hammer on any thing with in 70 yards....your load of 2 1/4 ounce bismuth should be what all of us big bore shooters have been looking for...it should be a turkeys nite mare.waiting on the pattern tests results.... charlie

Heres the numbers for a steel and bismuth bb by the time they reach 40 yards. I dont have any data on the weight of a bismuth T yet but I think they most likely will past clean through a goose.

Yards fps ft/lbs
40 706 7(steel #bb 1200 fps mv)
40 780 8(steel #bb 1500 fps mv)
40 796 11(bismuth #bb 1200 fps mv)

From what ive added up I can load 2oz bismuth 10 ga loads for $2.66/rd the cheapest factory bismuth in 10 ga is currently $2.80/rd but im not reloading to try and save, the factory offerings just arent interesting to me.

Charlie we have tons of geese down here year round actually we do have a early goose season that starts the first week of September. Though I dont know anyone who would want to goose hunt in 110F weather lol.