[Kodachrome84]

I shoot clay ammo all the time because I basically shoot in my basement and my fiancé doesn't want steel being used. Is clay ammo bad for target shooting like can cutting? I can shoot through cans sometimes but it definitely isn't as powerful as the one or two shots I took secretly with steel. So basically my question is this. Can clay balls be utilized as an efficient training ammo in place of steel or do I somehow need to convert to steel in order to cut cans more efficiently and gain more expertise on target shooting? Also, who uses clay ammo too and when do you use it?

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[Stankard757]

Clay can be used for fundamentals and learning new techniques. But it is lighter than its steel counterpart. 3/8 clay in weight comes in between 1/4 and 5/16 steel. 1/2 clay comes in around the same as 3/8 steel. Its also designed to be frangible. So for long distance or cans not as optimal as steel.

When at home (townhouse small backyard) if I use clay its usually at paper or my steel spinners in case of ricochets. Steel for everything else.

Since I work away from home I use clay exclusively so I don't have to worry about back stops or wasting steel.

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[Kodachrome84]

Clay can be used for fundamentals and learning new techniques. But it is lighter than its steel counterpart. 3/8 clay in weight comes in between 1/4 and 5/16 steel. 1/2 clay comes in around the same as 3/8 steel. Its also designed to be frangible. So for long distance or cans not as optimal as steel.

When at home (townhouse) if I use clay its usually at paper or my steel spinners in case of ricochets. Steel for everything else.

Since I work away from home I use clay exclusively so I don't have to worry about back stops or wasting steel.

Thanks for the tips!
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[Reed Lukens]

I always use clay first after changing band sets just to make sure that I have the bands tuned right. On one set of new bands I was getting constant fork hits and couldn't figure it out after maybe 20 shots straight into the fork base of a Scout LT. I was dumb enough to maybe think that it was the ammo and tried a steel 44cal... it wasn't the ammo. I pulled the bands off, stuck them on another slingshot and they worked great... go figure... So I always start out with a few shots of clay on any new sets of bands.
I have 44cal Saunders Clod Poppers and some 5/16 clay from Amazon along with steel in both sizes. The Clod-Poppers are cheap and they last a long time when shooting into a catch box. I bought 2500 at the beginning of the summer and still have 3/4 of the box after thousands of rounds.
I set one of them out before a rainstorm to see how biodegradable they are and it's been gone now for a week or so, totally soaked into the ground. I shoot in the woods all the time, so i do shoot a lot more clay then steel. I save the steel for can cutting and hunting

 

[Kodachrome84]

I always use clay first after changing band sets just to make sure that I have the bands tuned right. On one set of new bands I was getting constant fork hits and couldn't figure it out after maybe 20 shots straight into the fork base of a Scout LT. I was dumb enough to maybe think that it was the ammo and tried a steel 44cal... it wasn't the ammo. I pulled the bands off, stuck them on another slingshot and they worked great... go figure... So I always start out with a few shots of clay on any new sets of bands.
I have 44cal Saunders Clod Poppers and some 5/16 clay from Amazon along with steel in both sizes. The Clod-Poppers are cheap and they last a long time when shooting into a catch box. I bought 2500 at the beginning of the summer and still have 3/4 of the box after thousands of rounds.
I set one of them out before a rainstorm to see how biodegradable they are and it's been gone now for a week or so, totally soaked into the ground. I shoot in the woods all the time, so i do shoot a lot more clay then steel. I save the steel for can cutting and hunting

. Thank you very much for your input. Greatly appreciated!

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