Greyman 28,169 Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 Been having a little play with some different size nuts for ammo as they seem to do a lot more damage than bb,s used to use them as a kid but never took any notice of sizes just used what you could find, so anyways had some m6,[BANNED TEXT], and m10 nuts to try out, recon I,m going to stick some m8s in my pocket when I go out as they seemed by far the most accurate,consistent and the damage on cans was huge, m10s were ok but a bit slow and m6s seemed to have a mind of there own even missed the target box a few times and for the first time in years sustained an absolute beauty of a hand hit, so for anyone thinking of having a pop avoid the m6,s will update when I have a hunt with the 8s 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
derekbrown 176 Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 Ya [BANNED TEXT] is all I use,m10 a bit slow and big,never tried m6.I don't use steel balls at all,seem hard to get delivered to Ireland,I've had orders from the UK that were refused delivery to here.I use [BANNED TEXT] for hunting and targets and I only ever had one hand hit. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Wilkes 2,978 Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 It’s gone with a fair old whack that mate... ouch ! I used to shoot [BANNED TEXT] years ago and owt they hit they shred. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Devon Minnow 152 Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 I though I was the only one to do that when shooting bare back style 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oxo 441 Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 Tried them and found over any distance they were rubbish for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Devon Minnow 152 Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 Least you know what damage to expect when you hit the target 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shortstraw 476 Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) Curious......whats the price of hex mmmmmm88888888 ( won’t let me write [BANNED TEXT] without deleting it) Edited July 13, 2020 by Shortstraw 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,169 Posted July 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 5 hours ago, Shortstraw said: Curious......whats the price of hex mmmmmm88888888 ( won’t let me write [BANNED TEXT] without deleting it) They work out more expensive than bb,s if your buying them by the 1000 but the fact you can just pop into scewfix or any other hardware type place and grab a 100 for under £3 just makes it a bit more convenient and if it ups the kill rate then definitely a winner 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shortstraw 476 Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Greyman said: They work out more expensive than bb,s if your buying them by the 1000 but the fact you can just pop into scewfix or any other hardware type place and grab a 100 for under £3 just makes it a bit more convenient and if it ups the kill rate then definitely a winner Agreed, definitely horses for courses. I bet you used a few curse words when that happened.......I’ve two or three little scars on my left index finger...by Christ they hurt and took a while to get better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,169 Posted July 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 Fortunately I don’t have a lot of feeling in my hands, 40years of hitting your hands with hammers and slipping spanner’s takes it toll, plus in nearly 50 years of firing a catty I must have done that a few times 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the monkey 338 Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 I love the mmmm8888 nuts devastating at short range Best place to buy is wilkos 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sprockerjay 74 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 QqI used to get my nuts at wlkos you can fill a bag canny cheep can't remember how much but worth a look ,and for bb,s I ask my local garages for old wheel bearings 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wildman 486 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Ya used em for years,use to erect steel water storage tanks ,so had an endless supply of 19mm nuts made great drey busters Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neal 1,857 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 The main reason I prefer the hexnuts over anything else is simply that I find it easier to hold then between my fingers in the pouch. Oh dear, I've just realised that sounds like a line from a Carry On Film. Sometimes I get ammo out, put it in the pouch but then don't get the chance to take the shot so simply keep hold of it in the pouch but found I kept dropping them if they were spherical. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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