Hevi-Shot
 

I take it that almost all the major shotshell manufacturers now produce some type of round with a shot that is equivalent to Hevi-Shot in density. I saw two adds tonight, one from Federal and another from Winchester for turkey rounds and they both advertized two shotshells that are 35% denser than lead. We all know that Remington already had the Hevi-Shot load.

Hopefully, the competition will bring down the price a bit. Granted, it probably won't come down too much, but even a dollar a box would be nice.

Yeah, that would be nice for waterfowlers. I don't use anything but lead for turkeys (3" 2 oz. #5s). It works pretty well, and it's not worth the extra $ for a slightly extended kill range.

gd357

If turkeys evolved that lead stopped killing them i could stand the price for turkeys, but when i think of all the empty 25 count shell boxes from this past waterfowl season, Im afraid of just what the $count would be if it was HS i was shooting. But we can be hopeful that either competition brings it down or that these other manufacturers tailor a similar load to waterfowl. I wonder if this new stuff is legal for waterfowl?
kt

I'd love to see the price come down but I don't see it happening soon. As long as we hunters continue to pay the price the manufactures will keep it up at $2 per shell. However if some unknown company makes and sells something as good as HS at about $1 per shell you bet they will drop the price. Standard economics.

Hevi Shot
 

Guys I have a real surprise for ya. The price of Hevi shot won't come down any time soon. The cost of the metals involved in the manufacture of Hevi Shot will only have a tendency to raise the cost of it. Heck guys...lead shot is now at 18 dollars a bag for Lawrence(the good stuff). Seriously..I have the new wholesale and retail price lists for shotshells this year...and the prices are up. AA Trap loads just went up another 2 bucks a flat(1/2 case). Wholesale is almost 50 bucks for them. So go to Wally World and stock up on AA's now while their prices are still down(under 5 bucks a box locally...and no tax in Delaware). There is only one maker of Hevi Shot and that is Environ-metal and they sell the stuff to Remington to load. The Federal Rep is sending me a few boxes of their new shells to try out. After I get to shoot them I'll give y'all a report. :D :cool:

I bought 10 bags of Remington STS Mag #9 shot last week for $15.25 per. Only because I had talked to the supplier and found out the price was going to $15.75 his price. We are still able to buy direct from him but it's getting higher all the time. Oh well, the way it's going I won't be able to afford the gas to get to the club anyway.

I'm going to start melting my lead and I'm going to buy a lead detector to find some lead out in the fields.

At this rate, I'm not going to be able to shoot, much less hunt, any more.

Prices etc!!
 

Well heck guys. I have about a ton and a half of lead etc so I might just get the ole shot maker out and fire it up. Makes good shot even if it is a little tedious to do.:D :D :eek: