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Where can I find 16g steel shot?

Posted on 12/8/13 at 11:42 am
Posted by VanRIch
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 11:42 am
Hardest damn shell to find
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 11:42 am to
Nowhere that I know of. You can get hevishot and bismuth though. Be ready to pay the big $$$$$$$$$
Posted by MrCoachKlein
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 11:45 am to
Paging Wick
Posted by HebertFest08
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 11:47 am to
Almost 100% positive there is no such thing... they used to make bismuth, but might have some other metals now like hevi shot...
Posted by VanRIch
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 11:51 am to
Damn, got invited to go duck hunting and my 12 gauge is screwed and my brother has an extra 16
Posted by ToulatownTiger
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 11:55 am to
I think i got a box or two at my house still. The only brand that makes it is Remington Nitro Steel. Gonna be about 25 dollars a box and found them at bass pro i believe.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 11:55 am to
Another thing is, don't shoot steel out of a fixed full 16ga (which many of them are)
Posted by Hammertime
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 11:57 am to
Why?

My dad has an old Ithaca 16 with a mod barrel that grew up shooting lead, and I shot steel out of it for a few hunts
Posted by HebertFest08
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 11:58 am to
quote:

Another thing is, don't shoot steel out of a fixed full 16ga (which many of them are

will frick the barrel up with the quickness.... not lined and able to take steel shot through those constrictions
Posted by ToulatownTiger
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 11:59 am to
Posted by Fat Neck
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 12:01 pm to
Depends where youre' located G&H in gueydan has them. Stopped two weeks ago and they had few loose boxes and cases
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 12:02 pm to
A modified choke is ok. Anything tighter is not. The barrels aren't strong enough to constrict a load of steel shot that tightly. When those guns were made, steel shot didn't exist.
This post was edited on 12/8/13 at 12:03 pm
Posted by royDmercer
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 12:07 pm to
u no real answer for this
Posted by wickowick
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 12:11 pm to
What kind of gun?

Bismuth is no more. You can get nice shot, but it they don't make it any larger than 5 shot and it is special order from the manufacturer...
Posted by wickowick
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 12:12 pm to
quote:

A modified choke is ok. Anything tighter is not. The barrels aren't strong enough to constrict a load of steel shot that tightly. When those guns were made, steel shot didn't exist.


This is all very true...
Posted by wickowick
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 12:15 pm to
From an old post of mine, should help:

I think bismuth is out of buisness, heavy shot might be your only option in no tox, besides steel. There might be a few other shells out there but not many...

RST Shotgun Shells has a number of shells including some no-tox. They make a great shell, but I don't know if anything they have will cycle the A5.

Polywad has shells that will not cycle a auto

Fiocchi has some shells that will cycle, but not in no tox

16ga.com shell forum, if you reload, you can make your own no-tox.

B&P USA makes very good shells

Federal Shells has a steel shot

Able Ammo has a number of makers including Heavy Shot in 16 that should cycle the gun...
Posted by VanRIch
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 12:57 pm to
Browning A-5
Posted by LouisianaChessie
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 1:24 pm to
Picked up 2 boxes at cabelas about 4 years ago. I think I've seen them since. They were about 28 a box for federals.
Posted by Becasse
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 1:44 pm to
Its to bad that the 16 gauge has fallen from popularity. It really is a nice gauge suited for many types of hunting. If lead shot was still legal I have an older Ithaca 37 that would be the only firearm I carried on wingshooting ventures.
Posted by Spankum
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Posted on 12/8/13 at 2:02 pm to
it would be a hell of a drive from covington, but I am sure Simmons in Bastrop has them...cool store, too...
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