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From: jim@doctor.chem.yale.edu (James F. Blake)
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Subject: Re: steel shot
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Date: 23 Mar 91 14:05:57 GMT
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From: jim@doctor.chem.yale.edu (James F. Blake)
>From article <423@erb1.engr.wisc.edu>, by mitchell@metaphor.metaphor.com (Greg Mitchell):
> 
> Can anyone explain why steel shot produces a tighter pattern than lead ?

  Steel shot does not deform like lead when fired.  It's the deformation of the
lead pellets that produces the pattern widening.  I have also found that steel
pellets are more uniform to begin with.

  Jim