bb's for steel shot?

[torpedoman]

found 6 very large containers of bb's at a yard sale for a buck and am wondering if there is any reason they would'nt work as steel shot in shotgun reloading? Your thoughts are welcone

[rickyp]

I remember seeing something saying not to use BB, something to do with the steel hardness.

That being said anything you can get in a hull will fire, but it will be unknown what  it will do to the pressures and it could damage your barrel

[pastorp]

A BBgun has a smooth bore and they don't damage it. I don't see why it would not work. Regards, Byron

[Graybeard]

On the surface the idea seems plausible. Just make darn sure you use the proper wads for steel shot with steel shot load data and in a barrel/choke designed for steel shot use.

[mrbigtexan]

there is an article on this on duckhuntingchat.com

[wmurrell]

Dont do it unless you like to tear stuff up. BB's are way harder than "steel" shot (which is soft iron)

[bilmac]

I also saw a stern warning against this in one of my loading manuals. They too talked about the hardness of the shot. Actually I think it is BS, like it's going to make any difference whether the shot is a little harder or not, steel is steel. BUT  I learned not to fool around and take liberties with the steel shot load recipes. This is one area of reloading where I slavishly follow the manual.

Put your BBs in a Daisy and go kill some grasshoppers.