krowe79 Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Hi av just got a 10bore with full chokes can I still use steel tho it av got Bb and n3 in tungsten to will they be ok with these chokes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Spanish side by side? Personally i wouldnt go full with steel. tungsten i take it you mean ITM/ITX? with that i would go full choke ( and have done ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Hi Bit more information please make model chamber length proof pressures It all helps All the best Of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krowe79 Posted June 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 It's 31/2 chamber al have a look tomorrow and post more info thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsallpl Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Most definitely do not use steel with full chokes. I have had two 10 bores professionally sorted for steel and they were both opened up to half chokes. Hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 It's 31/2 chamber al have a look tomorrow and post more info thanks for the help No don't do it with steel, no steel proof was established for the 10 ga in the UK anyhow I think? Half is equivalent to full when your using steel and the gun will pattern as tight as lead with full anyhow. Tungsten I wont use due to cost and toxic risk to human health let alone fowl. My ten is tight half and slack half and patterns BBB steel or Number 2 extreamlly well (far better than my over chambered 3 1/2 12ga can with the BBB at 50 yards and despite the same manufacturer and brand of factory shells tested side by side and claimed to both be equal speed the ten way over penetrates the 12 ! On 12 mm ply it pots practically every single BBB clean though while the 12 puts odd ones through and gives a lot more gappy pattern into the bargain. All bar the real vintage 10 ga guns carry 3 1/2" chambers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krowe79 Posted June 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 The tungsten matrix I have are factory loads will they be ok thou full choke wot are the health problems will tungsten as I am looking to reload with this thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsallpl Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 (edited) I personally have never used Tungsten. I use steel in all my Wildfowling guns (cheapest) except for my 8 which I use Bismuth. If you use the right chokes Steel is perfectly OK. Kent may be able to advise on Tungsten. Edited June 28, 2014 by birdsallpl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 The tungsten matrix I have are factory loads will they be ok thou full choke wot are the health problems will tungsten as I am looking to reload with this thanks Are they Gamebore factory loads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krowe79 Posted June 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Yes mammoth gamebore n3s and bbs 31/2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Yes mammoth gamebore n3s and bbs 31/2 They'll be fine through full choke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IEH Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 If they're Mammoths I don't think they're tungsten. As far as I know Mammoths are a 12g load available in steel and lead shot but not tungsten, the latter being marketed by Kent/Gamebore as Impact Tungsten Matrix? I don't shoot a 10g so I may be completely wrong, but a quick look at Gamebore's website seems to confirm my understanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 (edited) If they're Mammoths I don't think they're tungsten. As far as I know Mammoths are a 12g load available in steel and lead shot but not tungsten, the latter being marketed by Kent/Gamebore as Impact Tungsten Matrix? I don't shoot a 10g so I may be completely wrong, but a quick look at Gamebore's website seems to confirm my understanding. That is the label on a box of 2 7/8" 10 bore 1 1/2 ounce ITM 3s Edited June 28, 2014 by Big Mat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IEH Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 I stand corrected. Thanks, Big Mat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 I stand corrected. Thanks, Big Mat. I believe they stopped making them a while back hence why they are not on the website. That box of 10 cost me £39! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IEH Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 Crazy money aren't they? I've still got 3 boxes in 12g but these retail for over £60 a box now. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkey Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 I've got 4 or 5 boxes of them in 1s and 3s 10g I started loading hevi shot so never got round to using them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 I've got 4 or 5 boxes of them in 1s and 3s 10g I started loading hevi shot so never got round to using them What sort of hevi shot do you use, sintered or misshapen, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 The tungsten matrix I have are factory loads will they be ok thou full choke wot are the health problems will tungsten as I am looking to reload with this thanks Cancer, which I am being lead to believe is already well known to those who work with the stuff in engineering shops - I really don't think its something you want to be eating even in small fragments over the ever so toxic lead we have been eating for centuries and drinking from pipes made of the stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkey Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 It's the old mis sharpen stuff I've never tried the cindered stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 It's the old mis sharpen stuff I've never tried the cindered stuff Cheers, Iv'e got the sintered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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