"heavy steel"

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xtrempredhntr

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I was wondering what the density of heavy-steel is. Is it as heavy as lead/heavier? Is it hard like steel or soft like lead? I asked some people at cabelas when I went there the other day, but no one was able to help me, so I figued I would look/ask on here. I did a search on here, but was unable to find anything. Any help would be appreciated.
 
Heavy-steal is just a little heavier than regular steel. I don't think it is quite as heavy as lead though. For the price I think I will stick with the regular steel. It is getting a little too close to the price of heavyshot or tungsten.
 
The "heavy steel" (its the brand name of the metal they use for the shot) I found out is 20% heavier then reg. steel shot. It is lighter then lead though. Steel has a density of 7.86 grams per cubic centimeters (g/cc)...heavy steel is at some where around 9.5-9.8 g/cc...lead is about 11g/cc...heavi-shot is at around 12g/cc. It is a lot cheaper then heavi-shot I know that...about a dollar a shot, compared to about $3 a shot for heavy-shot. I wans't looking for it for duck hunting, but for coyote hunting...just thought this would be the best place to find out about it.
 
Don't know about coyotes, but I've shot enough of this stuff in Canada and Arkansas on waterfowl this year to form a solid opinion. 3-1/2" "B" size is slightly better than lead "BB" in a buffered 1-7/8oz 3" load on Canada geese. Same comparison for HS 4's vs lead 4's on ducks and small geese. About as heavy as bismuth and 1550fps does the trick! Out to 50yrs they're actually more comparable to lead 2's on light geese. This stuff has a short shot string like steel. Not a long one like lead, or an even longer one like Hevi-Shot. Translates to better performance on crossing shots if you can hit them at long range. I really like this stuff for birds. For coyotes, the shot string doesn't matter and Hevi-Shot should perform better.
 
I bought one box of #2 Heavy-Steel for goose hunting this year, use it as my third shot after a 3 1/2" BB (first shot), and 3-1/2" BBB (second shot).
I have found that it kills at the same distance as the BBB and has more pellets. Tighter pattern at longer range.

Never thought to use it for Coyotes, usually stick to lead for that.
 

I was thinking that Heavy-shot is a combination form Wolfraam and a polymer or steel. So this Heavy shot is as heavy as lead or even heavier. The price is the problem not for a few shot on a day but more on a nice waterfowl or pigeon day.

Steel is steel and the price is not high. Also names as soft-steel or heavy steel seems to me more a sell tric.

I hope that the patent form Bismuth is to an end in the next year.
About 20 year has Eley make a very very good profit on this basic metal. I think it is strange that a patent on a basic metal is even possible. So I might me happy with bismuth but not with the compagny ELEY.

Greeting form Holland

Doublet
 
Im a Heavy Shot shooter. Been useing it on waterfowl and turkeys since it came out. This season it was scarce and rediculasly priced, so I compromised and picked up Heavy Steel. It worked great #4 3" Heavy Steel was plenty for ducks and a few geese. The only time I use 3 1/2" is for geese. And a few places the seasons overlap here so I was shooting Geese with the 3" heavy Steel and it did fine. I love the stuff and will continue to use it until the Heavy Shot gets its price figured out. While my buddies only use steel and complain about the cripples. Its not as heavy as lead or Heavy shot, but anything is better than steel!
 
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