Steel shot

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I've allways used English side by sides on the marsh so i have never used steel shot i've just got a Winchester SX3 3" 3 shot semi auto what 3" steel cartridges would you recamend i use in it for flighting on the foreshore. cheers for your time.

[Guest 8 Bore]

I've allways used English side by sides on the marsh so i have never used steel shot i've just got a Winchester SX3 3" 3 shot semi auto what 3" steel cartridges would you recamend i use in it for flighting on the foreshore. cheers for your time.

 

Remington Sportsman, Gamebore Mammoth and Lyalvale Hevishot.

Why a 3" Why not a 3.5"?

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I've allways used English side by sides on the marsh so i have never used steel shot i've just got a Winchester SX3 3" 3 shot semi auto what 3" steel cartridges would you recamend i use in it for flighting on the foreshore. cheers for your time.

 

Remington Sportsman, Gamebore Mammoth and Lyalvale Hevishot.

Why a 3" Why not a 3.5"?

As said above i use remington sportsman hight speed steel in No.2 & have gamebore mammoth No.1-3.

8bore whats wrong with a 3" for coastal work??. I use it as most 3.5" chambers auto's will only cycle 23/4" cartridges & up due to chamber size & a 3" will do 21/2" carts no probs most of the time. I know some who load & they have dropped back to a 3" homeloaded cartridge as they find it a better/faster/harder hitting combo at the geese.

[Guest 8 Bore]

Nothing wrong with a 3" I have a 3.5" and it handles 65 mm (2.5") Gamebore on the pigeons all day.

Can't see you going wrong with Sportsman or Mammoth. Then of course there is the 3" Hevi, 40 gm if you can find them? There are also Bornaghi which are good.

What part of Scotland are you from?

 

 

 

 

I've allways used English side by sides on the marsh so i have never used steel shot i've just got a Winchester SX3 3" 3 shot semi auto what 3" steel cartridges would you recamend i use in it for flighting on the foreshore. cheers for your time.

 

Remington Sportsman, Gamebore Mammoth and Lyalvale Hevishot.

Why a 3" Why not a 3.5"?

As said above i use remington sportsman hight speed steel in No.2 & have gamebore mammoth No.1-3.

8bore whats wrong with a 3" for coastal work??. I use it as most 3.5" chambers auto's will only cycle 23/4" cartridges & up due to chamber size & a 3" will do 21/2" carts no probs most of the time. I know some who load & they have dropped back to a 3" homeloaded cartridge as they find it a better/faster/harder hitting combo at the geese.

Edited November 8, 2009 by 8 Bore

[Blakloks 5]

Nothing wrong with a 3" I have a 3.5" and it handles 65 mm (2.5") Gamebore on the pigeons all day.

Can't see you going wrong with Sportsman or Mammoth. Then of course there is the 3" Hevi, 40 gm if you can find them? There are also Bornaghi which are good.

What part of Scotland are you from?

 

 

 

 

I've allways used English side by sides on the marsh so i have never used steel shot i've just got a Winchester SX3 3" 3 shot semi auto what 3" steel cartridges would you recamend i use in it for flighting on the foreshore. cheers for your time.

 

Remington Sportsman, Gamebore Mammoth and Lyalvale Hevishot.

Why a 3" Why not a 3.5"?

As said above i use remington sportsman hight speed steel in No.2 & have gamebore mammoth No.1-3.

8bore whats wrong with a 3" for coastal work??. I use it as most 3.5" chambers auto's will only cycle 23/4" cartridges & up due to chamber size & a 3" will do 21/2" carts no probs most of the time. I know some who load & they have dropped back to a 3" homeloaded cartridge as they find it a better/faster/harder hitting combo at the geese.

Remington nitro steel number 1 faster than the sportsman

[Guest 8 Bore]

Nothing wrong with a 3" I have a 3.5" and it handles 65 mm (2.5") Gamebore on the pigeons all day.

Can't see you going wrong with Sportsman or Mammoth. Then of course there is the 3" Hevi, 40 gm if you can find them? There are also Bornaghi which are good.

What part of Scotland are you from?

 

 

 

 

I've allways used English side by sides on the marsh so i have never used steel shot i've just got a Winchester SX3 3" 3 shot semi auto what 3" steel cartridges would you recamend i use in it for flighting on the foreshore. cheers for your time.

 

Remington Sportsman, Gamebore Mammoth and Lyalvale Hevishot.

Why a 3" Why not a 3.5"?

As said above i use remington sportsman hight speed steel in No.2 & have gamebore mammoth No.1-3.

8bore whats wrong with a 3" for coastal work??. I use it as most 3.5" chambers auto's will only cycle 23/4" cartridges & up due to chamber size & a 3" will do 21/2" carts no probs most of the time. I know some who load & they have dropped back to a 3" homeloaded cartridge as they find it a better/faster/harder hitting combo at the geese.

Remington nitro steel number 1 faster than the sportsman

 

Sorry No!

[Guest 8 Bore]

Remington nitro steel number 1 faster than the sportsman

 

Sorry No!

 

Forgot to add Remington don't do a # 1?

[Blakloks 5]

Remington nitro steel number 1 faster than the sportsman

 

Sorry No!

 

Forgot to add Remington don't do a # 1?

yep they do in 3" and they piss all over sportsman ive had them cronographed they were over 200fps faster

[Guest 8 Bore]

Remington nitro steel number 1 faster than the sportsman

 

Sorry No!

 

Forgot to add Remington don't do a # 1?

yep they do in 3" and they piss all over sportsman ive had them cronographed they were over 200fps faster

 

Well I have just looked and yes they do a #1 in both nitro and sportsman 3"

only 10 fps difference.

As long as your confident and happy with them?

[Redleg22 2]

2¾" Hevi-shot will outperform 3½" steel every time.

 

At about £14 a box they are expensive but how many are you going to fire on the shore in a season?

 

5s for ducks and 3s for geese will kill cleanly at up to 45-50 yards provided you can shoot on target at that distance.

[Guest 8 Bore]

I use Hevi 3" 40gm 3's in for the geese on the foreshore and can not fault them?

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Hevi for me but a smaller load?

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Nothing wrong with a 3" I have a 3.5" and it handles 65 mm (2.5") Gamebore on the pigeons all day.

Can't see you going wrong with Sportsman or Mammoth. Then of course there is the 3" Hevi, 40 gm if you can find them? There are also Bornaghi which are good.

What part of Scotland are you from?

 

 

 

 

I've allways used English side by sides on the marsh so i have never used steel shot i've just got a Winchester SX3 3" 3 shot semi auto what 3" steel cartridges would you recamend i use in it for flighting on the foreshore. cheers for your time.

 

Remington Sportsman, Gamebore Mammoth and Lyalvale Hevishot.

Why a 3" Why not a 3.5"?

As said above i use remington sportsman hight speed steel in No.2 & have gamebore mammoth No.1-3.

8bore whats wrong with a 3" for coastal work??. I use it as most 3.5" chambers auto's will only cycle 23/4" cartridges & up due to chamber size & a 3" will do 21/2" carts no probs most of the time. I know some who load & they have dropped back to a 3" homeloaded cartridge as they find it a better/faster/harder hitting combo at the geese.

Hi not been on for a while & if you refer to me im near montrose. I have tryed to get my hands on some hevi-shot & tungston but can not get it but have a mate up north who might get me some. I am also thinking of reloading my non-toxic shot now with the hevi-shot or tungston & if i do reload will try steel too.