No , Steel Shots are not poisonous not environmental hazardous
They break up in small pieces and can be reused after melting and reforming it
Steel shot is not poisonous, unlike lead shot.
Steel shot weighs about one-third less than lead shot.
One is made out of steel while the other one is made out of lead. Other than that field performance is the same.
It depends on what type of steel is used to make the shot and what the size of the shot is. The smaller the size, the more it will weight.
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Yes. Your body's natural cell process will push the pencil lead out of your skin. However, you must see a doctor ff a pencil lead is stuck deep inside your skin, is in an area near the eye, is red or pink, or you have not have a tetanus shot in five years, or you are concerned of having a permanent discoloration.
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One is made of steel, and the other of lead, obviously. The steel is harder, and won't expand as much, but also isn't toxic, which is important in instances where you fail to recover the animal, so that other wildlife won't eat the carcass, eat the lead shot, and die from it.
use lead only steel chokes are specified on the choke as steel of lead shot
Yes. Lead shot may be safely fired from a shotgun that is made for steel shot. Problems arise when you fire steel shot from an older shotgun that is made for lead shot only- the barrel is softer metal, and make be scratched by the steel shot.
Lead shot is heavier
No. If it is marked 'lead only' then it must have been manufactured after steel shot was available but not designed to withstand the additional friction from steel shot.
It shouldn't. It is supposed to be lead free.
Assuming you mean a barrel that is for lead pellets, if the barrel is not rifled, steel shot will not damage the smooth barrel. If it is rifled however, steel shot will in fact damage the rifling.
One is made out of steel while the other one is made out of lead. Other than that field performance is the same.
Depends on the age of the barrel
Unless they have been rebarreled, or a newer choke tube installed, no. The Sweet 16 was made at a time when all shot were lead, and the barrels are softer steel. Steel shot will damage the barrel.
Ducks and geese digest sand to crush their food. Left over lead in the marsh can cause lead poisoning, steel won't.
If your gun is older than 1990 I wouldn't. Not saying it will destroy the barrel but steel shot is harder than lead and before steel shot came into use most manufacturers had no reason to test the barrels for steel use. It can damage the barrel or worse. If your gun is older than 1990 I wouldn't. Not saying it will destroy the barrel but steel shot is harder than lead and before steel shot came into use most manufacturers had no reason to test the barrels for steel use. It can damage the barrel or worse.