New Salt Creek TSSxLead

[btomlin]

Just saw these this morning.  I thought I would post up as maybe a more economical 12ga load for some folks.  I've never shot Salt Creek ammo, myself.  Just thought it was interesting.  $26.99/5.  Test was with a patternmaster .665.


 


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[fmf]

seems like the shot string at 40 yards would be a mile long.  Those 9's have to be moving a good bit faster at 40 than the 5's.  Not sure it would make any difference though, just a thought

[tracker#1]

So I have been hooked on rolling my own using recipes from folks on this site and others. I started doing duplex loads using 8s and 9s tss only, no lead. I was always told, to "load the heavier shot on top" for best results. Reading this load configuration is opposite? 5s on top of 9s? interesting...

[btomlin]

So I have been hooked on rolling my own using recipes from folks on this site and others. I started doing duplex loads using 8s and 9s tss only, no lead. I was always told, to "load the heavier shot on top" for best results. Reading this load configuration is opposite? 5s on top of 9s? interesting...

9s on top of 5s.

I hadn't thought about the shot string.  I don't have an interest in anything other than lead in a 12.  I was just posting for the group.

[TooTallOutdoorss]

Has anyone used this shot finally? Any thoughts/opinions on it? I know its a year old thread im just curious myself. Also, does the shot string matter when the pellets are all flying at over 1200fps?

[BandedSpur]

Shot string doesn't matter at all on a stationary target no matter the speed. Wingshooting is a different matter. Duplexing lead and TSS is not a new thing. I, and many other handloaders, have been doing it for many, many years. This Salt Creek offering may be the first commercially available option. With the price of TSS going through the roof, it is not a bad option.

[TooTallOutdoorss]

Shot string doesn't matter at all on a stationary target no matter the speed. Wingshooting is a different matter. Duplexing lead and TSS is not a new thing. I, and many other handloaders, have been doing it for many, many years. This Salt Creek offering may be the first commercially available option. With the price of TSS going through the roof, it is not a bad option.

That is what I had thought. Its not as powerful/effective as plain old tss right? Not trying to start a war with that questions lol. I mean in the sense that it doesnt have as much tss as a pure tss #9 shell. So it would theoretically have less shot hitting a bird at further distances say 40yds.

[BandedSpur]

Yes, you are correct. It will still be highly effective to 40, just not as effective as straight TSS, especially beyond 40. That Salt Creek load should nominally have 371 total pellets vs 585 for a straight TSS load of the same weight. The TSS pellets are going to penetrate better than the 5s and pattern tighter, but 5s are still highly effective to 40 and beyond. Lead 5s usually run out of pattern density before they do penetrating ability.

I think it is a load whose time has come, with some factory TSS loads approaching $20 apiece. The load would also be a good choice for someone shooting beads that finds that straight TSS loads are too tight at the distances they shoot. The lead 5s will spread faster giving patterns a little more close in wiggle room. That was the original goal handloaders had in mind when they started loading lead/TSS duplexes, to create more of an all range load than straight TSS provided. And, of course, it has the obvious benefit of being less expensive.