Comprehensive shot-size ballistic tables

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Pigeon Watch Members Wymberley and cookoff013 have tabulated common shot-sizes and calculated the energy at both the muzzle, and at 40 yards (which is commonly accepted as the maximum effective range of a shotgun). Using Lead as the standard to compare to, this information should show people on the major differences with steel shot when compared with lead.

I quote from the authors: "The figures are actually very convincing that certain shot-sizes shine through, with both steel and lead. For readers who believe that the Energy Density (ED) values have merit, it is simply a matter of dividing the individual pellet energy by its cross sectional area - dimensions in inches."
Cookoff013 and Wymberley

UK	USA	Lead # oz	Steel # oz	lead wt / pellet (gn)	steel wt /pellet (gn)	inch	mm	MV (fps)	LEAD Muzzle energy / pellet	STEEL Muzzle energy / pellet	LEAD fps @ 40yards	LEAD energy @40yards (ft /lb)	STEEL fps @ 40yards	STEEL energy @40yards (ft / lb)
LG	000 BUCK	6.2	8.82	70.56	49.59	0.36	9.14	1400	307.2	215.9	982	151.2	897	88.6
00 BUCK	00 BUCK	8	11.38	54.69	38.43	0.33	8.38	1400	238.1	167.3	961	112	891	67.6
SSG	0 BUCK	9	12.81	48.61	34.16	0.32	8.13	1400	211.6	148.7	954	98.2	867	57.1
SSSG	1 BUCK	10	14.23	43.75	30.74	0.3	7.62	1400	190.5	133.8	944	86.6	860	50.4
2 BUCK	2 BUCK	14	19.92	31.25	21.96	0.27	6.86	1400	136.0	95.6	918	58.6	838	34.3
3 BUCK	3 BUCK	18	25.62	24.31	17.08	0.25	6.35	1400	105.8	74.4	898	43.5	811	25
4 BUCK	4 BUCK	21	29.88	20.83	14.64	0.24	6.1	1400	90.7	63.7	885	36.2	798	20.6
	FF	23	32.73	19.02	13.37	0.23		1400	82.8	58.2	879	32.6	793	18.7
	F(TTT)	27	38.42	16.20	11.39	0.22	5.59	1400	70.5	49.6	865	26.8	771	15
	TT	32	45.54	13.67	9.61	0.21		1400	59.5	41.8	851	22	759	12.3
	T	37	52.65	11.82	8.31	0.2	5.08	1400	51.5	36.2	839	18.5	741	10.1
AA	BBB	43	61.19	10.17	7.15	0.19	4.83	1400	44.3	31.1	827	15.5	718	8.2
A	BB	50	71.15	8.75	6.15	0.18		1400	38.1	26.8	813	12.9	715	7
	B	60	85.38	7.29	5.12	0.17		1400	31.7	22.3	796	10.3	695	5.5
BB	1	72	102.46	6.08	4.27	0.16	3.9	1400	26.5	18.6	780	8.2	672	4.3
B	2	87	123.81	5.03	3.53	0.15	3.79	1400	21.9	15.4	763	6.5	650	3.3
2	3	108	153.69	4.05	2.85	0.14	3.3	1400	17.6	12.4	741	4.9	629	2.5
3	4	132	187.85	3.31	2.33	0.13	3.56	1400	14.4	10.1	720	3.8	605	1.9
4	5	171	243.35	2.56	1.80	0.12	3.05	1400	11.1	7.8	694	2.8	578	1.3
5	6	222	315.92	1.97	1.38	0.11	2.77	1400	8.6	6.0	667	2	544	0.9
	6.5	262	372.85	1.67	1.17	0.107		1400	7.3	5.1	650	1.6	533	0.8
6	7	296	421.23	1.48	1.04	0.102		1400	6.4	4.5	636	1.3	522	0.6
6.5	7.5	346	492.39	1.26	0.89	0.095	2.39	1400	5.5	3.9	617	1.1	486	0.5
7	8	407	579.19	1.07	0.76	0.09	2.26	1400	4.7	3.3	596	0.9	466	0.4
8	8.5	483	687.35	0.91	0.64	0.085	2.16	1400	3.9	2.8	578	0.7	430	0.2
9	9	579	823.96	0.76	0.53	0.08	2.01	1400	3.3	2.3	554	0.5	381	0.15
10	10	865	1230.96	0.51	0.36	0.07		1400	2.2	1.5	504	0.3	335	0.1
12	11	1374	1955.31	0.32	0.22	0.06		1400	1.4	1.0	444	0.1	264	less than not much
	12	2374	3378.39	0.18	0.13	0.05	1.3	1400	0.8	0.6	389	less than not much	197	even less than “less than not much”