BPI sells nickle plated buckshot. I love em but I don't want a kiss on the back of my ear.
I wonder how this would work.
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BPI sells nickle plated buckshot. I love em but I don't want a kiss on the back of my ear.
I wonder how this would work.
I haven't tried it yet, but I want to try powder coating some buckshot instead of plating it. I powder coated some sabot slugs just to see if they would be visible in flight. Haven't had a chance to load them yet and find out!
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I believe BPI's nickel plated shot is good. Some companies will get you by nickel plating very soft junk lead. Nothing nickel plated comes close to casting your own shot and water dropping, so I don't use it anymore.
Please explain:
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Originally Posted by MBTcustom
I cast my own buckshot and powder coat it. With the plated shot and shipping cost, price per shot gets to be more than it's worth for me. Gp
It's very expensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Apocalypse
Exactly. That's what I'm doing now too. I'm curious though, How sweet would buckshot be if it were cast of premium metal and then nickle plated? I've never messed with nickle plating before, but it sounds interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by gpidaho
To be honest, when comparing magnum Lawrence lead shot to BPI nickel plated shot, both #5, I couldn't tell any difference. Both shot within a couple pellets of each other (inside a 10" circle) in my turkey gun. Same with buckshot, the BPI super buck seems to pattern exactly the same as BPI nickel plated buck. Both loads were in a shot cup, so that may have made a difference. I've never tried nickel plated 000, but my quenched cast shot shoots tighter than BPI super buck.Quote:
Originally Posted by MBTcustom