what cartridge should i use for ducks

[Chriseden 5]

  On 14/10/2010 at 22:37, john5 said:

just use 1 ounce loads 7 1/2 size and they are good to 100 yds

 

You must have short yards

 

Here I don't know if its the same there but when we changed we had to used 2 shot sizes bigger in steel than we did with lead so if you used a 4 in lead you would use a 2 in steel. This is because steel is much lighter than lead so having the larger pellet compensates for less density. This and the fact that steel wont deform in your barrel the same as lead does will mean you will have a much tighter pattern with little or few fliers, evin with a more open choke.

This is why many guns are chambered for 3" as standard and the 3.5" super magnum was developed, to try get more pellets out into the air its also worth remembering that the average shot load will be doing more like 1550 with steel rather than the slower 1200 with the average lead load, but will slow down sooner as well.

[kcorder86 10]

  On 14/10/2010 at 22:37, john5 said:

just use 1 ounce loads 7 1/2 size and they are good to 100 yds

 

FFS..Dont visit the solway on occassion do you?

[Guest john5]

  On 15/10/2010 at 08:20, kcorder86 said:

  On 14/10/2010 at 22:37, john5 said:

just use 1 ounce loads 7 1/2 size and they are good to 100 yds

 

FFS..Dont visit the solway on occassion do you?

 

 

never been to the solway in forty years i can proudly say , its full of stupid twats firing at out of range birds and as for the question asked "what shot size" , fook me how many times does it get asked ?

 

right i will get my tin hat now