Guest cookoff013 Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) Hi, has anyone ever used biodegradable plastic BBs as filler for tss loads? i`m just thinking or trying to think outside the box aka a plastic filler / tss18 load. just wondering. coo Edited July 30, 2021 by cookoff013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberisle Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 sounds like a good idea, i did'nt even know they existed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 I’ve loaded plastic bb into a muzzle loader and used it very close range stuff black powder wasn’t aware they made a biodegradable one can’t see why it wouldn’t work sort of duplex load/ buffer good out of the box thinking 👍😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 Be a great way of packing out the load volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltings Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) to bulk up a load you could use rice / wheat / a pea or two / tea leaves / grass seed / even popcorn got to be better than a leaching plastic of any kind into the land or rivers and sea as it is full of all kinds of plastics and micro beads already and yet non toxic shot has to be used over wetlands maybe a fibre wad and lead shot would be less toxic in the long run something you use for bulking could feed something next year so all species benefits Edited July 30, 2021 by Saltings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 There are old classic things that can be used / wheat. But they can absorb moisture. Bio degradable plastic might have more moisture resistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanm Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Yes I’ve used the plastic beads in a .410 tss load . I used a Lee dipper and it worked fine , they weren’t bbs but were very cheap plastic filler beads of flea bay Edited July 31, 2021 by allanm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 5 hours ago, allanm said: Yes I’ve used the plastic beads in a .410 tss load . I used a Lee dipper and it worked fine , they weren’t bbs but were very cheap plastic filler beads of flea bay That was my next port of call. Crude plastic pellets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve s×s Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 30/07/2021 at 23:13, Saltings said: to bulk up a load you could use rice / wheat / a pea or two / tea leaves / grass seed / even popcorn got to be better than a leaching plastic of any kind into the land or rivers and sea as it is full of all kinds of plastics and micro beads already and yet non toxic shot has to be used over wetlands maybe a fibre wad and lead shot would be less toxic in the long run something you use for bulking could feed something next year so all species benefits Maybe a fibre wad and lead shot would be less toxic in the long run, 👍 there's no substitute for common sense (show us the dead birds with lead in gizzards, oh you can't cos there isn't any) 🤏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardigun Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 Stevesxs I have seen diving ducks scanned at Slimbridge many years ago, which were found dead, hidden in the long grass on our farm pond, which had found lead shot deep in the pond mud. It was only the diving ducks that found it, but it happened most years . The pond hadn't been shot over for years. Most wildfowl that suffer from lead poisoning, become very secretive and crawl away to die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve s×s Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 1 hour ago, cardigun said: Stevesxs I have seen diving ducks scanned at Slimbridge many years ago, which were found dead, hidden in the long grass on our farm pond, which had found lead shot deep in the pond mud. It was only the diving ducks that found it, but it happened most years . The pond hadn't been shot over for years. Most wildfowl that suffer from lead poisoning, become very secretive and crawl away to die. OK iam usually wrong on most things, my wife will verify that 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughshooter Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 01/08/2021 at 11:41, steve s×s said: OK iam usually wrong on most things, my wife will verify that 😂 I don’t think you are wrong on this occasion….. the plastic wads we are using to protect out barrels from non toxic shot will be in the world for many hundreds of years to come…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve s×s Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 2 hours ago, roughshooter said: I don’t think you are wrong on this occasion….. the plastic wads we are using to protect out barrels from non toxic shot will be in the world for many hundreds of years to come…. And the Lead has been here since the big bang (Jesus I wish I had a brain) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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