Making your own Bird shot

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Hello all:

In one of the reloading threads, some one had mentioned making their own shot.

I am a dedicated trap shooter who still reloads, and I too was considering this. Further more, a few of the “Old timers” as our club make their own shot and I was very intrigued to see if a hobbyist could do it on their own.

Well, I used the web to do some research, and it turns out that making your own shot is somewhat more involved than you might think. Please do not be dismayed, just be informed.

I have found and excellent thread on making your own shot, the pitfalls and challenges and thought I would post it hear for all those who would like to give it a go.

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=15776

Be warned, this thread is from 2003 to present, so its at least 15 pages long, but there is a tremendous amount of good information there.

Further, if hot linking for information purposes is not allowed, I apologize in advance

regards and all the best

R
 
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Goto http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4108927.pdf HERE you will find the patent drawings and instructions to make and operate a very simple shotmaker. YOU MAY HAVE TO REGISTER ON THIS SITE BUT IT IS FREE AND QUICK. I bought one that was unused 5 or 10 years ago at a gunshow but have never got around to using it myself. The ones( actually 2) that I have are different in that one is made out of cast aluminium and the other is a piece of angle iron with welded on end plates.
 
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