Bismuth and Tungsten Price Availability

[OneGunTex]

Dumb question. But bismuth shot prices and yield. If it’s $184 for 7 pounds o shot. And 16 ounces in a pound. Is that literally only 16 one ounce shells reloaded per pound?

So there are 112 ounces in 7 pounds. And that $184 would only yield 112 shotshells made…and that’s before buying hulls, wads and primers ??

Correct. That's the math in 2025. 2-3x more than last year.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

No schitt? Bismuth was substantially CHEAPER in 2023?

 

[ORwaterfowler]

No schitt? Bismuth was substantially CHEAPER in 2023?

Cheaper but still expensive, found an old invoice from Boss in 2022, $270 for 200 shells with free shipping.

 

[Loper]

Used up all but the last 5 of my BOSS bismuth shells this past weekend. I was conscious of of my remaining supply so I took some old Remington steel shot I had laying around for a few years back.

A buddy used the coppper BOSS shell and said he didn’t have any complaints with downing ducks. I’ll probably buy a box of copper to try out for any other hunts this season or early next season.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Had good results with Kent stacked steel. Either 2/4 or 2/BB.

 

[OneGunTex]

Had good results with Kent stacked steel. Either 2/4 or 2/BB.

Have you patterned it? My testing with duplex loads has not yielded good patterns. You can find more technical descriptions of why that is online.

 

[spur60]

I guess I’m the only person shooting the Winchester expert hv 3.5” #3’s still?

I got 7 boxes for $50 at a garage sale last summer. Kill ducks just fine. Also paid nearly $50 for a single box of bismuth because I like how it patterns.

 

[Donjuan]

I went to longbeard 20 ga for turkeys and have a stockpile of tungsten and bismuth for geese.
Inside of 40, those longbeard 6s hammer the toms