Steel Shot

TommyT42 · September 13, 2011, 08:00 PM

Recently Iowa has opened a Dove Season. The Iowa DNR would like to make Steel Shot mandatory state wide, public and private lands. My question is that I have several shotguns made in the 50 and 60's and a nice older AYA side by side, would steel shot harm these guns?

oneounceload · September 13, 2011, 08:08 PM

most likely - many are not able to handle steel - you can check with NECG in New England - they are an AyA importer and can tell you for sure

nutty ned · September 13, 2011, 08:55 PM

Do they want steel shot or non toxic shot?

There is an non toxic shot, if made small enough, that can be shot in older shotguns.

kozak6 · September 14, 2011, 02:47 AM

It also depends on the choke. It should be ok to fire steel shot through the more open chokes.

Non-toxic shot (bismuth, etc) would also be worth investigating, yes.

September 13, 2011, 08:00 PM	#1
TommyT42 Junior Member Join Date: September 13, 2011 Posts: 1	Steel Shot Recently Iowa has opened a Dove Season. The Iowa DNR would like to make Steel Shot mandatory state wide, public and private lands. My question is that I have several shotguns made in the 50 and 60's and a nice older AYA side by side, would steel shot harm these guns?

September 13, 2011, 08:08 PM	#2
oneounceload Junior member Join Date: April 18, 2008 Location: N. Central Florida Posts: 8,518	most likely - many are not able to handle steel - you can check with NECG in New England - they are an AyA importer and can tell you for sure

September 13, 2011, 08:55 PM	#3
nutty ned Senior Member Join Date: November 26, 2006 Posts: 765	Do they want steel shot or non toxic shot? There is an non toxic shot, if made small enough, that can be shot in older shotguns.

September 14, 2011, 02:47 AM	#4
kozak6 Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 3,113	It also depends on the choke. It should be ok to fire steel shot through the more open chokes. Non-toxic shot (bismuth, etc) would also be worth investigating, yes.