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<blockquote data-quote="Orange Dust" data-source="post: 2882878" data-attributes="member: 92702"><p>It all started with Hevi Shot. We started handloading the stuff when it was cheap. BB's in a 10 ga would kill birds stupid far. A lot has happened since then, and tungsten shot has gotten heavier, and much more expensive. We tried bismuth with no real improvement over steel. Less cripples, but no real improvement in range. Then came the 15 and 18gm tungsten. 20ga will easily out perform a 3-1/2" 12ga shooting any steel load and eyes were opened. Now we are going the other way and working with the 28ga and .410 using 15gm tungsten. Becomes more affordable as payload diminishes. May take some time to find the perfect load, but I think the 28ga will end up being the ticket in rice fields, and the .410 may just may be plenty in the woods. Question is: is anyone here working on this too? Would like to share notes this season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Dust, post: 2882878, member: 92702"] It all started with Hevi Shot. We started handloading the stuff when it was cheap. BB's in a 10 ga would kill birds stupid far. A lot has happened since then, and tungsten shot has gotten heavier, and much more expensive. We tried bismuth with no real improvement over steel. Less cripples, but no real improvement in range. Then came the 15 and 18gm tungsten. 20ga will easily out perform a 3-1/2" 12ga shooting any steel load and eyes were opened. Now we are going the other way and working with the 28ga and .410 using 15gm tungsten. Becomes more affordable as payload diminishes. May take some time to find the perfect load, but I think the 28ga will end up being the ticket in rice fields, and the .410 may just may be plenty in the woods. Question is: is anyone here working on this too? Would like to share notes this season. [/QUOTE]
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