I'm interested in hearing from anyone who is or has made shot. In particular the do's and don'ts .Is it a viable option.

Real simple process...all you need is tons of melted lead and a 450 foot drop tower...

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Not necessarily. There is a mob in New Zealand who make a shot maker, comprising a melting tray and two nozzles which drip lead out into diesel. I can't remember what rate it was but I had to walk out to the shed every 20 minutes or so to add another ingot or two. Cleaning off the diesel was a real mission.

I made shot for years with this get up, in #5 to #8 sizes. Great for clay pigeon and skeet. The shot wasn't 100% round but so what, it worked and dirt cheap too. Hunted with it too, shot many a guineafowl and francolin.

Cheers

Pete

Littleton, here in Oroville, California, makes a shot maker. I have no details, but saw one a few years ago, would fit on a typewriter table. Fifteen pounds, $300.00, 60 lbs per hour, 110 volt.
Phone 530 533 6084
Fax 530 534 1602
email Jerry Littleton <<shotmaker@cncnet.com>>
Cheers from Darkest California,
Ross

I have made about 100 pounds over the years. I used my lee production pot. tapped the spout and inserted a brass round head screw. Drilled it for a tiny hole. Dripped the metal into antifreeze. Experiment with temperature, alloy, and drop height. Alloys with to much tin won't make good spheres. To keep the antifreeze height constant you need to rig an overflow tube out the side of the catch can. Solder some small copper tubing through a hole in the side of the can. 1/2" or less drop is correct.

To tell you the truth, it is not worth the trouble and mess. Buy recycled shot.

I have a contraption for making shot out in the garage (I can't remember who sold it, but I can look at it tonight). I used it a few times and used water as the cooling media (rounder shot comes from lower specific heat liquids). The shot was not round, but from a modified choke gave about I/C patterns.

It's not worth the bother for me anymore, but if you're interested in buying the setup cheap email me at loren.siebert@nsc.com