# Shotshell ballistics, reloading, and how TSS defies physics with Del Whitman

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Podcast: [The Orvis Hunting and Shooting Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-orvis-hunting-and-shooting-podcast-491580)
Published: 2025-11-28T16:57:00+00:00
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## Resource

Del Whitman is back to help explain shotshell pressures and how to create optimal patterns. Del puts the mystery of shot ballistics into layman's terms, describing how patterns perform and how extreme pressures destroy pattern density and pose risks to fine guns. In response to a listener query, he also digs into the magical properties of TSS and Tungsten alloys, which seem to break all the rules.

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