16ga.com ~ Search

My wife and I shot nothing but Kent's new bismuth cartridges (mainly 20 gauge but some 12 and 16 gauge) for the entire 2016 upland and waterfowl season. I wrote about our experiences with it here:

...

Chiedog, you take some great videos. What kind of dog is Uma?

Thank you!

Uma is an Épagneul de Pont-Audemer (Pont Audemer Spaniel) from the Normandy region of France. You can read about the bree ...

Chiendog- Excellent blog! Just started to read some of your articles and look at the photography, but will spend quite some time there in the future. thanks
Casey

Thank y ...

In North America, copper is approved as an ingredient in non-tox shot. For example, in copper-clad iron shot, up to 44.1 % of the shot mass may be copper and in Tungsten-bronze shot up to 35.1% of th ...

Here is a link to where you can purchase pure copper shot for reloading.

http://www.siarm.com/index.php?cPath=2_191&osCsid=a3b67004389f4f502178e7e510e3fb5a

I'm in Canada and our dollar is c ...

An article with test results of 8 different pure copper loads appeared in a French magazine called "Armes de Chasse" (Hunting Guns) recently. I finally had a chance to read it today and have ...

There are actually several companies in Europe now offering shotshells loaded with either pure copper shot or pure copper shot mixed with other non-tox shot in 'dual' type loads. I wrote about them re ...

Most ? Most barrels and chokes ?

Using 'most' (or other words like virtually, nearly, almost) is a common way to allow for some wiggle room in the ad copy. Saying 'all' would paint them into a corn ...

Italian maker Clever Mirage makes a shell called Tinzinc http://www.clevervr.com/catalog/no-toxic

Here is what they say about it:

• Non toxic
• Complying with wood industry requirements
• Soft ...

Here is a link to Tunet brand Zinc/Tin shells in 16 gauge. They are just over one Euro per shot, 29.90 euros for a box of 25. A box of 25 copper shells (in 12 gauge mind you) is about 49.90, so nearly ...

Zinc/Tin shells are a bit less expensive than the new copper shells, but not by much as far as I can tell. There are also different formulations, even more or less pure tin shot shells. So far, I have ...

Copper is softer and heavier than steel, but harder and lighter than lead. Here are some observations I gathered from doing research for the article.

I think the ammo makers in Europe that are no ...

Hi All,

I just posted a longish article on my blog exploring with is currently available to me (and others like me) looking for non-tox options in 16 (and 20) gauge shells.

I am sure that most ...

I hope I am not stepping on any toes here, moderators moderate if need be, but I have another Philly Sterlingworth for sale...but it is (gasp) a 12 gauge.

The side by each bang stick in question i ...

For Sale

16 gauge Fox Sterlingworth. This is a Philly gun that was in a friend's family since it was new in 1928. M/F 28 inch barrels, double triggers, extractors. The gun is nice and tight. No ca ...