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Posted: 9/10/2025 6:16:05 AM EDT
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Do these exist in real form? By that I mean do they disolve for real in say, a 6 month time frame. I am trying to convince a site to allow this but they understandably don't want the place covered in pellets when they do their big events April and November. It is mostly open ground shale so aldo what about stealth pellets? Trying to do leg work before I have the conversation. |
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Originally Posted By Ridgeline: Do these exist in real form? By that I mean do they disolve for real in say, a 6 month time frame. I am truong to convince a site to sllow this but they understandably don't want the place covered in pellets when they do their big events April and November. It is mostly open grpund/ shale so aldo what about stealth pellets? Trying to do leg work before I have the conversation. disolve? truong? sllow? grpund? aldo? WTF? |
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Based on your two messages, I think you're inquiring about biodegradable shotgun "pellets" not "pallets" (which are the wooden slatted boxes that heavy items are shipped on, typically moved via fork trucks). You might want to edit your title. Assuming the former, bismuth pellets degrade fastest (but it would be insanely expensive to use those for a competition). Steel pellets gradually rust away, but not in 6 months. Traditional lead pellets hang around for decades. I live across the street from a former trap & skeet range, and I can cross the street and grab a handful of mud from the former shot fallout area, and the lead pellets are still there in the mud. Lead is extremely stable and not prone to rapid chemical reactions with much of anything in the natural environment. And the things lead does interact with (like acetic acid / vinegar) form lead salts which are easily absorbed through the skin and neurotoxic to the brain and central nervous system. So, I hate to rain on your parade, but you may need to rethink your competition plans. |
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Originally Posted By grflick: Based on your two messages, I think you're inquiring about biodegradable shotgun "pellets" not "pallets" (which are the wooden slatted boxes that heavy items are shipped on, typically moved via fork trucks). You might want to edit your title. Assuming the former, bismuth pellets degrade fastest (but it would be insanely expensive to use those for a competition). Steel pellets gradually rust away, but not in 6 months. Traditional lead pellets hang around for decades. I live across the street from a former trap & skeet range, and I can cross the street and grab a handful of mud from the former shot fallout area, and the lead pellets are still there in the mud. Lead is extremely stable and not prone to rapid chemical reactions with much of anything in the natural environment. And the things lead does interact with (like acetic acid / vinegar) form lead salts which are easily absorbed through the skin and neurotoxic to the brain and central nervous system. So, I hate to rain on your parade, but you may need to rethink your competition plans. WTF are you talking about? This is the airsoft forum. |
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Originally Posted By Ridgeline: WTF are you talking about? This is the airsoft forum. Not sure how I wound up seeing your post. My only involvement with AirSoft has been stepping on the [non-biodegradable] AirSoft pellets my kids have left in the lawn and around the house. I guess I saw it while browsing Active Topics. I also own a couple of tractors and we often store smaller implements on wood pallets, making them easier to move around with pallet forks. That’s why your post caught my eye in the first place. Sorry to derail your post, but I stand by my earlier remarks that you’ll get more responses if you edit your title to reflect your search for biodegradable *pellets* vs pallets. |
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Yes, they exist. https://www.evike.com/s/?q=biodegradable+bbs I'm not sure which ones are best and obviously you'll need to get the optimal weight for your gun(s). I bought some because I didn't want little white plastic balls all over the back yard. I honestly don't know how long it takes for them to break down, I never paid much attention, and I'm assuming mowing the yard helps shatter any that get pulled up by the mulcher blade while the rest end up in the soil. I don't notice them now though whereas I did notice the plastic ones when i first got the gun years ago. They apparently absorb moisture (makes sense) as the ones I had got out of round, the surface started getting a slight texture, etc but they'd been sitting in their zip top bag in the garage for a couple of years while I was overseas. Before that they seemed to work as well as regular ones out of my Glock clone. There are also plant based versions if you need to claim they're "green" or something. I know nothing about them. https://www.evike.com/shop/28/27/487/ |
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