Nickel plated shot

[Stan Hillis]

True plated shot is hard to come by. The only source I know of is some that is marketed through a reloading retailer in the USA, but is actually made in Italy. It provides a slightly harder surface that helps patterning.

I have a 3/4 oz. .410 load that involves plated shot. It kills doves like the hammer of Thor, much more so than the WW 3/4 oz. factory loading, which does not use plated shot.

[Jeff Elder]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

True plated shot is hard to come by. The only source I know of is some that is marketed through a reloading retailer in the USA, but is actually made in Italy. It provides a slightly harder surface that helps patterning.

I have a 3/4 oz. .410 load that involves plated shot. It kills doves like the hammer of Thor, much more so than the WW 3/4 oz. factory loading, which does not use plated shot.

I ordered some from ballistic products. I was going load some number 3’s for crane gunning. I had cannibalized some old lead #2 that I thought might be a little hot and reloaded them in 12 gauge low pressure. I’m going again and didn’t want or need 25 lbs of #2 so I ordered the nickel #3’s since they are slightly bigger than lead #3’s I figured they are like a 2 1/2 and I should have close to same number of pellets that way. Just wanted to make sure they were safe in my VH 12. Sounds like they will be since last time I went I only shot 6 times to kill 3 crane and two geese.