Thread: 20 GA for ducks

I am toying with the idea of importing 5lbs TSS 18gm in size 9 to try. Will also need to buy suitable wads at the same time.
The fly in the ointment is the cost, will work out about $100 per lb for shot landed if I am real lucky.
19gm loads in a .410 would give approx 245 pellets. A better would include some larger steel shot to "loosen up" the pattern as from what I have read TSS patterns very tightly.
You sure aint going to use such a costly non tox load for duck bashing although they have been hunting geese to 70-80 yards with .410 and size 9 TSS with some success
For reference TSS 9's are similar ballistically to 4's lead apparently
Prairiewind Decoys TSS Infomation
From their site

18 gram/cubic centimeter heavy weight Tungsten Super Shot (TSS) shot turns your sub guage gun into an extremely lethal weapon. It is perfect for the 410 Bore, 28ga, and 20 guage. You won't believe the ballistics. For example, a 3/8oz load of #9's in a 410 2 1/2" shell gives you 135 pellets.(That is more pellets than many 12ga loads) These pellets carry more energy than Lead #4's at 1510 FPS with 23 grains of powder. This loads yeilds 1.25" of penetration into Ballistic gel at 88 yards!