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STEEL Gets Cheap.
With the prospect of ever-expanding non-toxic shot requirements, Winchester is facing the challenge head-on with the development of a new and less expensive steel shot for the hunting community.
Called "cast steel shot," the new shot is already being loaded in Winchester's "Xpert" steel shot line. The good news is that the retail cost of the new Xpert shells is approximately 2/3 that of conventional steel shot loads. What makes the cost reduction possible is an entirely new shot-manufacturing process combined with a complete makeover of the Xpert shell.
Until recently, steel shot has been produced using the "cut wire" process and purchased from either Daisy or Crosman, which employ the process for making steel BBs. The "cut wire" process consists of cutting off cylinders of ...
- Three new shot types approved for waterfowl hunters.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire August 10, 2004 700+ words
...10 August 2004-US FWS: Three new shot types approved for waterfowl hunters...Director Steve Williams. AWith each new shot type approved, hunters will have...Previously, hunters were allowed to use steel shot, bismuth-tin, tungsten-iron...
- Get the lead out. (using steel shot for waterfowl hunting) (column)
- Magazine article from: Outdoor Life Carmichael, Jim December 1, 1984 700+ words
...m talking, of course, about steel shot. No topic known to shooting sportsmen...intentional misrepresentation than steel shot. If you're confused by all the bickering about the pros and cons of steel shot for waterfowl hunting, you're...
- STEEL SHOT TAKES KNOW-HOW
- Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) November 12, 1988 700+ words
...depends on the type of waterfowl being hunted. STEEL SHOT GAME SELECTION GUIDE STEEL SHOT SIZES/PELLETS PER OUNCE THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION...hunters seem to be getting more used to using steel shot and hunting within its limitations. But there...
- Steel shot will be the law of the land in 1991. (steel loaded shotshells)...
- Magazine article from: Shooting Industry Brant, Howard May 1, 1990 700+ words
Steel Shot Will Be The Law Of The Land In 1991 It...too, despite the fact today's modern steel-shot loadings are far superior to those experimental...years. Many veteran hunters still scorn steel shot for waterfowl hunting. But at this point...
- Redesigned steel shot gains favor.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Myers, John September 19, 2001 700+ words
...though, both problems are fading. Steel shot is improving. And alternatives to steel...and took two decades to recover. Early steel shot shells were expensive and patterned poorly...the Olin Co.), have been producing steel shot at vastly reduced prices, down to...
- Redesigned steel shot gains favor.
- News wire article from: Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN) September 18, 2001 700+ words
...though, both problems are fading. Steel shot is improving. And alternatives to steel...and took two decades to recover. Early steel shot shells were expensive and patterned poorly...the Olin Co.), have been producing steel shot at vastly reduced prices, down to...
- GAINING FAVOR REDESIGNED STEEL SHOT HAS BECOME THE WAY TO GO FOR WATERFOWL...
- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) October 14, 2001 700+ words
...though, both problems are fading. Steel shot is improving. And alternatives to steel...and took two decades to recover. Early steel shot shells were expensive and patterned poorly...the Olin Co.), have been producing steel shot at vastly reduced prices, down to...
- NEW BOOKLET CLEARS STEEL SHOT MYSTERY
- Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) October 10, 1987 700+ words
...waterfowl hunters are confused about steel shot, now required at waterfowl hunting sites. Because steel shot is relatively new, there appears to be a lot of misinformation on the subject. Steel shot was finally mandated after much research...