shooting pigeons with clay cartridges ?

[lampingking 3]

recently i have been shooting alot of wood pigeons, now it is costing me a fortune in cartriges (£70 per 250 32gram 6's), i was looking at clay pigeon cartridges in the gun shop and they are a lot cheaper, do you think that clay cartriges would be ok for shooting woodies and a few crows. would they kill them , if so what gram and number, thanks lk

[speedystu 0]

recently i have been shooting alot of wood pigeons, now it is costing me a fortune in cartriges (£70 per 250 32gram 6's), i was looking at clay pigeon cartridges in the gun shop and they are a lot cheaper, do you think that clay cartriges would be ok for shooting woodies and a few crows. would they kill them , if so what gram and number, thanks lk

Mate theres no reason why not! i have shoot loads of pigeons with 7.5's if it can dust a clay at 40yds+ then it will knock the wind out of a bird! and the gravity should do the rest :laugh:

[stubby 175]

christ, thats expensive, I use kent velocity at £45 a slab (250)

[weejohn 3]

Yes they will but crows need a bit more stopping so shoot them closer.

I use danarms 7.5s @ £37/ 250 and work excellent on ferals that i have

been shooting.

[bullmastiff 615]

They put in a hardener in the lead for clay cartridges so the pellets won't distort as much on firing so gives a better pattern but they don't transfer the energy as effectively as gameloads with their softer lead so you could end up with more pricked birds as the pellets pass straight through. I guess smaller shot size would give you a thicker pattern and more chance of hitting a vital organ, but probably best just to find a cheaper cartridge or dealer.

[lksopener 105]

Clay shells are fine.

 

Some of my best bags of over a 100 birds have been with 28 gram 7.5 intercomp x.

[theinvisiblescarecrow 0]

Ok to use, done it myself when I went clay shooting, I don't now though.

Nowadays I stick to 6 for Pigeon & If I know a crow or two is possible I'll take some 5's.

I still have a few 7's & 7.5's lay about somewhere, I save them for harvest time when close birds are more likely.

[nasher1 258]

Thats a bit steep I think you could knock £15-£20 off a slab and still get no.6s if you shop around

[HunterBoyTellEm 0]

Kent Velocitys 6's 32gm, Cheshire Gun Room near me are about £46 per 250. Not bad for the money ive had quite a lot of the past few months haha

[danebrewer10 6]

mmngh, I know there's a lot of people using clay carts on pigoens and I know they work, but IMO for what it's worth, I thing you should be thinking a bit bigger 6s is what I use for everything, try Eley HB pigeon I think they're called quite cheap last time I looked, 30gm 6.5 shot, good dense pattern plus a well built cartridge (coming from eley)....

[masmiffy 82]

No such thing as cheap cartridges anymore and now bloody VAT has gone up as well!

We are getting well ripped off on anything made with lead!!

 

Have been using 28g 7.5 on pigeon a lot and when decoying these are superb!!

Look for 'bin ends' at a clay ground sometimes there are bargains to be had!

[redial 81]

If I was getting that sort of sport I would be happy to pay any game load prices,good luck enjoy your sport.

[langouroux 14]

i use 7.5's for everything mate!shoting bolting rabbits with ferrets, pigeon, shot 5 pheasant rough shooting with them the other day.

 

7.5's are king!

 

 

unless your shooting fox's !