Can I use steel shot through BirdnClay guns?
Yes, you can safely use high quality commercial steel (and other non-toxic) shots. The shotgun barrels are drilled from SAE4140 steel blocks, and inner side is hard chromium plated, and compatible with steel pellet shells. We do not recommend using steel shots with our Improved Modified (IM), or Full (F) standard chokes. You may get bad patterns, or it is possible to stretch and damage the choke tubes (as steel does not compress or shift/flow as well as lead). This is especially true with the largest steel shot, frequently used for geese. Steel stays very spherical and generally patterns much tighter than lead, so you can use one to two choke sizes more open and get patterns equivalent to lead. Improved Cylinder (IC) works very well for most ducks and geese. You can purchase special steel shot chokes made for tighter constrictions than IC.
