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< 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ Boss shot shells |
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Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:25 am
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First off I’m not sponsored/paid by Boss.
I took the plunge and ordered the bulk pack of 100 1oz #5 copper plated Bismuth from Boss shot shells.
I opened the shipping box to find a nice waxed canvas shell bag
Bulk packaging
My bulk order of 100 contained 103 of which one was kinked
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Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:31 am
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I cut the kinked one open to see the components and get some weights.
Shot
Most of the shot was .125” putting it at #4 1/2 shot. Maybe the copper plating ands some to the #5 size.
Chedditte hull and primer? Gualandi short wad?
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Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:38 am
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Powder charge.
Lastly is the load and performance data sheet that was in the waxed canvas bag. These run pretty high velocity and thus chamber pressures when it’s warm out per their testing at 68 degrees.
I did patten some at 30 and 40 yards recoil was fairly stout and patterns good at an average of 67% at 30 yards from a mod choke and 69% at 40 yards from a full choke. I don’t upland bird hunt much but duck hunt a lot and have no doubt these will work well. |
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Thu Sep 19, 2019 6:15 am
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Great write up. What was the cost delivered? |
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Thu Sep 19, 2019 6:27 am
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$135. Free shipping on orders over $100. |
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Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:29 am
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Emtymag wrote: |
$135. Free shipping on orders over $100.
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Could you be so kind as to post the web site address here for Boss? Would be appreciated.
Dale |
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Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:12 am
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Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:54 am
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.125" would be 4 1/2's, look like a decent deal and quality shells. Thanks for posting the information and data. |
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Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:08 am
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kgb wrote: |
.125" would be 4 1/2's, look like a decent deal and quality shells. Thanks for posting the information and data.
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My bad, I’ll change it |
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Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:31 am
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That's not a terrible price for those shells and a somewhat reasonable option for anyone wishing to avoid the harder shot types. The patterns are about what old standard lead loads delivered and I would expect those shells to do about anything that #6 lead or #4 steel can be expected to do. I may have to look at whether or not there is an option for 2 7/8" 10 ga. for the damascus Parker. |
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Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:35 am
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No dice. It looks like if I want something for that short 10, I will probably be loading my own. |
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Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:46 pm
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Thank you!
Dale |
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Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:03 pm
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That shell looks great!
In my opinion after doing a ton of ballistics looking at bismuth, #4.5 is the optimal pellet size for ducks, or even 4s. I wouldn't go down to 5s as they give the same range as steel 3s basically, and you can already stuff enough steel 3s into a 1oz or in 16ga a 400gr duck load. The 4.5s get you out to 43 yds or so for good 1.5" penetration on mallards. The advantage of 4.5s is you get a bit more pellet count than 4s but still are lethal to about as far as anyone shoots ducks. I would ABSOLUTELY be happy to get 4.5s instead of 5s for ducks!
I heard BOSS was going to make 16ga, now I see they are also doing 28ga! As of right now, with them being actually 4.5 instead of 5s, I consider this the #1 commercial 16ga waterfowl load available. |
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Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:22 pm
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Isn't 11500 PSI the SAAMI max for 16 ga. It looks like some of these at room temp were over that, but its hard to read the picture. Might be an issue for a day that starts out cold then warms as the sun comes up. |
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Fri Sep 20, 2019 2:00 pm
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Looks like they are out of stock. |
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