Thorney if you read your reloading manual it will state in BIG BOLD LETTERS that you never tamper with a loaded shell!!!!
Ted's right and well ahead of the curve here, we had our fling with the older classics now its over. Before we just had to put them away during waterfowl but could use them everywhere else, now with more and more pressure being exerted on lead use, all other types of hunting may now be banned. The price for any of these non-toxic rounds hasn't lowered since they were introduced and steel is looking more and more like the future. Except that if this is the reality of the future the classics won't be there.
All the best