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6pt-sika
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Dunno if many of you load Bismuth for web footed creatures BUT Ballistic Products and Roto Metals have it on sale at the moment for $17 a pound I ordered 7 pounds of #2 and 7 pounds of #4 from BPI with shipping it was $250 . About three years ago I bought 7.7 pounds of #1 from Precision Reloading and it cost me shipped a bit over $200 .

Normally I'd just get the #2's and be done with it for the Canada's , but I think I have a Boykin Spaniel pup on the way so I wanna bust some ducks for the little dog hence the #4's !
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Thanks. I'll buy some #4 for my muzzle loader, incase I want to turkey hunt on restricted areas.
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I used to love to duck hunt but regulations soured me on it and I don't own a gun with a chrome bore. We have a huge population of year round Canadas that have a liberal season and limit but it's just so much trouble.
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I tried some #6 HEVI-SHOT in my 28 ga reloads- boy it is just MAGIC on pheasants.
Wanted to try those on puddle ducks for jump shooting but there wasn't any water that fall.
I used some Kent tungsten stuff on sea ducks and it sure is a heck of a lot better than steel.
I even tried some Remington HeviShot turkey loads on the sea ducks but the recoil durn near made the lay out boat capsize!
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"but the recoil durn near made the lay out boat capsize!"

10-4 on that! I mostly hunt with my 12' home made cajun skiff pulled up in the weeds on shore but once in a while hunt deeper water and those are killers on both ends.
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Stupid question time but first can bismuth be made into bullets, and if yes does anyone make Bismuth bullets commercially? States like Commifornia where lead bullets are tabu would be a good place to market bismuth bullets.
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Re: Bismuth

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Ji- bismuth is kind of brittle IIRC and not sure if it would stand up to rifling. I suppose if it were in a jacket it would work well enough...
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Yeah I was thinking of a copper jacketed bullet, should of thunk out loud.
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