Steel ball bearing for shot shell

[spyderchop]

Hello

Never reloaded shot shell

But have a bunch of steel ball bearing weight about 54 grains and .375 of an inch diameter.. can I use for buck shot type round?

Thx

 

[OneBarfly]

Potentially harder steel shot than the metal composition of the barrel. Even if you could find the right wad to protect the barrel, I would not chance it.

 

[spyderchop]

Potentially harder steel shot than the metal composition of the barrel. Even if you could find the right wad to protect the barrel, I would not chance it.

Okay. Sling shot ammo it's is. Thx

 

[jmichelin84]

I loaded up a couple of my 12 gauge shells for Bear defense with the permission of the wildlife was up the cabin up the lake in the woods deep Woods on you tried one and it was worse than one of the heaviest slugs I tried but it took a 4-inch chunk out of the tree it went through the tree so there's a Halo in a tree now haha

 

[spyderchop]

Wonder if I can crush in vice if it would be good to go

I have a cheap Remington I could use lol

 

[Scotty454]

Steel ball bearings are almost always hardened, and often chrome plated. I wouldn't shoot them through a shotgun unless it's a beater that you don't care about...

 

[Longwalker]

Ball bearings are pretty much guaranteed to damage the barrel if even one sneaks past the protective shot cup. They are much harder than most barrels. Steel shot for hunting loads is carefully controlled during manufacture to be as soft as practical. that said, ball bearings wouldn't be worse than the tungsten - iron heavi shot, but loading that stuff usually requires mylar wraps inside the shot cup and extra care in loading.

 

[BattleRife]

Ball bearings are typically made of 52100 steel and are much harder than barrels, steel shot, Heavi-Shot or your vise jaws. Do not shoot them from firearms you wish to keep.

 

[spyderchop]

Yup I originally got for sling shot ammo and I dammed sure they will do a fine job at that

 

[ago1]

Mind the backward ricochet , hard steel doesn't flatten and can come straight back

 

[colombe]

Been reloading since 1964.
I'm no spring chicken.
I don't mince words when it comes to SAFETY.

Only a fool would load steel ball bearings in a shotgun.

I've recently had a 303 blow up on me WHEN I WAS TESTING IT..

Bubba drilled right thru the barrel to install a Williams back sight.

If I wasn't wearing shooting glasses I would be blind right now.

DON'T TAKE A CHANCE; YOUR LIFE OR EYES DEPEND ON IT

ALWAYS WEAR SHOOTING GLASSES WHEN POSSIBLE

TAKE CARE OLD GUNSMITH

 

[curseyou]

Mind the backward ricochet , hard steel doesn't flatten and can come straight back

This. Dont do steel buck or slugs.

The one exception is tungsten carbide scrab drillbits for when the robot wars come. For those of us without plasma guns in the 40 watt range.

 

[Scotty454]

Mind the backward ricochet , hard steel doesn't flatten and can come straight back

Lol that's a good point. If one happens to hit a rock at the wrong angle (or someone was dumb enough to shoot them at steel plates), you'll probably have a really bad day.