islandgun Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Has anyone ever had, or heard of anyone having, shot tested for hardness if so where, I have about 3kg of heavy shot removed from a well known brand of cartridge which resembles lead in every way except hardness I guess, it crushes easily and weighs very slightly more. I would like to know hardness to determine choice of wad and or damage to fixed choke, Im hoping someone will have an address I can send a few gram to. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmints Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 (edited) What size is the shot? It will have to be sectioned, mounted and polished for Vickers micro hardness measurement. If its extremely small, this might not be possible. edit it might be possible to mount it and just polish back into it actually. if you're interested, PM me and I will get you a price. Edited January 23, 2014 by mrmints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 What is the point? If its hevi shot from a well know brand, which i believe there is only one in the uk, just load the stuff up as hevi shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted January 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 What is the point? If its hevi shot from a well know brand, which i believe there is only one in the uk, just load the stuff up as hevi shot I'm not convinced its all its made up to be. it certainly isn't the original miss -shaped killer stuff that the published recipes are for and as I pointed out in the original post safe to use through fixed full chokes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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