Tungsten Matrix out of Fixed Full Choke?

[Crazytrout]

Wondering if there is any safety concerns with shooting Tungsten out of a fixed full choke?


Thanks

CT

 

[sherlockbonez]

I wouldn't think so. I hunted with someone with a F/F parker this weekend and he was shooting TM.

 

[thebigslide]

It won't pattern well. Probably not any worse than steel as far as risks to the gun.

 

[44fordy]

It won't pattern well. Probably not any worse than steel as far as risks to the gun.

I thought tungsten and bismuth were made as an alternate to steel as to not affect FF chokes??

 

[Turkeyslayer 1300]

It won't pattern well. Probably not any worse than steel as far as risks to the gun.

I would say you are wrong on both points, Tungsten matrix was made to be softer than steel and causes no more wear than lead. Also TM is quite responsive to choke, full choke should give proper full choke patterns with TM.

 

[Turkeyslayer 1300]

I thought tungsten and bismuth were made as an alternate to steel as to not affect FF chokes??

They were

 

[JasonS]

They were

Yup, super-expensive alternatives to good old lead. Same or better performance and meant for older guns too.

 

[Covey Ridge]

IIRC, Tungsten is heavier than steel and harder on barrels than steel, but Tungsten Matrix is tungsten inside a plastic or polymer shell. Because of the plasitc coating or shell, it is difficult to get very large shot sizes. TM is OK in older barrels and chokes that were designed for lead shot.

 

[219F]

I always wondered about that tungsten/steel/lead hardness thing. we make precision dental burs (miniature end mills) where I work and the only thing hard enough to cut the flutes in the burs are diamond grinding wheels.

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[Turkeyslayer 1300]

I always wondered about that tungsten/steel/lead hardness thing. we make precision dental burs (miniature end mills) where I work and the only thing hard enough to cut the flutes in the burs are diamond grinding wheels.

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Tungsten matrix is a polymer(matrix), the tungsten is suspended in a medium that is formed into pellets, therefore the hard tungsten doesn't come into contact with the bore and can compress similar to lead because of the soft polymer component. Tungsten is definitely harder than steel but the polymer protects the barrel.

In other High density loads designed for more modern shotguns the pellets again contain some tungsten but it is again suspended in another metal limiting bore contact, the wad cup in all of the HD loads I tested also prevented pellets contacting the bore.

 

[219F]

thanks for the answer.

Maybe if I wasn't such a cheap S.O.B. I guess I would have found that out for myself.