Pellet Hardness Testing - Bagged Spartan Brand Shot

timb99 · Oct 28, 2020

I got an envelope in the mail yesterday, but unfortunately I don't know the screen name of the fellow who sent it to me, so I'm posting the results here.

Walter Shimer sent me a small sample of bagged Spartan Shot, 7-1/2's

I tested 10 pellets and got an average crush of 0.023" which by my scale is Medium-Hard.

Not bad, and much better than I had expected.

The shot was shiny, and has good sphericity, and the size is about what it should be. Some of the imported shot runs small, but this is about right.

If the price is better than West Coast, I would buy it.

Broncofan · Oct 28, 2020

Nice, I got about 6-8 bags of that last summer for $32 a bag. It's gone now but good to know it was good shot. Thanks for the continued testing Tim.

Remdog1187 · Oct 28, 2020

Other than knowing it’s made in Spain and I’ve seen it advertised on Ebay, where’s it available in the states?

DeAdLy.90T · Oct 28, 2020

CAC Associates in PA has it.

Remdog1187 · Oct 28, 2020

DeAdLy.90T said:
CAC Associates in PA has it.

Therein lies the problem.
CAC has the Spartan & Remington shot along with Aguila shot shells.
Pennsylvania is just too far away and freight is a killer.

TXGREG · Oct 28, 2020

Thank you for the report Tim. I saw a bag of this at a gun show and passed on it because I didn’t know anything about it. Now I know, thanks for keeping us educated!

rebuck33 · Oct 28, 2020

CAC quit carrying spartan shot a few months back when they raised their price to what West Coast costs. The bags themselves are bad enough that West Coast is better to stick with.

blackandgold · Oct 28, 2020

I bought 10 bags of Spartan last summer at $33/bag. I figured it was crap. But I'm new to reloading so might as well load crap shot until I know what I'm doing. No sense in wasting premium lead.

I'm very surprised it wasnt medium soft or just plain soft. Thank you as always for your work, Tim!

sandcountyalmanac · Oct 28, 2020

timb99 said:
I got an envelope in the mail yesterday, but unfortunately I don't know the screen name of the fellow who sent it to me, so I'm posting the results here.

Walter Shimer sent me a small sample of bagged Spartan Shot, 7-1/2's

I tested 10 pellets and got an average crush of 0.023" which by my scale is Medium-Hard.

Not bad, and much better than I had expected.

The shot was shiny, and has good sphericity, and the size is about what it should be. Some of the imported shot runs small, but this is about right.

If the price is better than West Coast, I would buy it.

I always am looking forward to your test results, Tim. Again, thank you.

dhn · Oct 28, 2020

I loaded about 5,000 rounds with Spartan about 4 years ago. I thought it crushed targets well out to my handicap yardage of 24 yards.

TireGuy · Oct 28, 2020

rebuck33 said:
CAC quit carrying spartan shot a few months back when they raised their price to what West Coast costs. The bags themselves are bad enough that West Coast is better to stick with.

TireGuy · Oct 28, 2020

Tim. Glad to hear your testing results. I bought 10 bags last summer to try for singles. I could see no difference on singles, in fact I think I had better breaks. Bought 10 more bags at the Westy Hogans shoot. I too was curious as to the hardness. Keep up the good work.

Biged · Oct 29, 2020

Tim did you check the size of the pellets? A few years ago i bought some and the 8's were closer to 9's and the 7.5's were closer to 8.5's... this was probably five years ago.

timb99 · Oct 29, 2020

Biged said:
Tim did you check the size of the pellets? A few years ago i bought some and the 8's were closer to 9's and the 7.5's were closer to 8.5's... this was probably five years ago.

Yes, I am aware that imported shot often runs small, but this stuff was just about the size it should be. I was pleasantly surprised.

DeAdLy.90T · Oct 29, 2020

rebuck33 said:
CAC quit carrying spartan shot a few months back when they raised their price to what West Coast costs. The bags themselves are bad enough that West Coast is better to stick with.

It would be nice if they would start updating their website.

rebuck33 · Oct 30, 2020

I’ve thought that in the past. Heck they didn’t even have Spartan in their website for the first few months they offered it. But then I got to know the owners and employees out there. I am a CAC distributer in Central PA. They treat their customers like family and haven’t gotten into the business of trying to rape every cent from their customers during this shortage/virus/panic! They have hired extra people and have had to close on mondays just to try to keep up. When you have as much as stock as they carry, the website is a never ending process. I think/hope that CAC and Spartan come to terms again. I sold tons of that stuff. I think that’s why it stayed on the internet because eventually this madness will end.

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