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8fishermen


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To all following the thread,

At time it has gotten a little heated but I must say I am much more informed than before it started. I learned that the larger bores have the odds stacked in their favor to pattern better than the smaller bores. I was the one that made the statement that the 6's would not have enough pellets left at longer ranges. NH showed it is possible to shoot a very nice pattern at 65 yards. It also seems the heavier shot not only carry more energy down range but also have the potential to fly truer
Down range producing higher percentages in the patterns.

NH,

Based on other post from you and others, the older weapons y'all are shooting were built with tighter chokes and better tolerances. You are also tailoring loads to these guns Do you think the results you are achieving are realistic with production guns and factory ammo?

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Heck just split the difference and use some #7's!

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nonhcrowshooter wrote:noTake a clay birds set it at 65 yards and see which shots breakes the most out of 5 :)

Well we were curious too.

Remember the old adage more is always better? biggrin  Seems to not always work that way with shotguns. 

Which shot size runs out of pattern density as range extends 6's or 7.5's?  Logic would say the load with far fewer pellets,  testing proved something different.  The following two pictures are provided courtesy of my hunting partner.  The range 65 yards, the gun a 12ga Parker Trojan, the choke full, the load 1 1/8 ounce of magnum 7.5's (399 pellets) and 1 1/8 ounce of magnum 6 (252 pellets).  Who would have guessed, it even surprised us, the 6's not only delivered a higher % of pattern but only two less pellets in the 30 inch circle by count and the 6's produced a little more even pattern too.

At 40 yards a number 6 has 69% more energy than a 7.5 pellet.  The difference by % would be even greater as the 7.5 is slowing down faster due to it's lighter weight.

If you wanna take long pokes 6's are your best choice.

The #7 1/2 65 yard pattern:

 

The #6 65 yard pattern



-- Edited by nhcrowshooter on Thursday 10th of March 2011 09:50:31 PM





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