B25Modelman Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37062742 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Probably meant shot size 9. That's 2mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 More likely they mean the 8.4mm loads in SG cartridges that the South Africans used to shoot their protestors with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsbob Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 It reads "The tiny pellets ricochet around the soft tissue," so yes ill informed poorly translated from whatever language into English this is bad reporting with vast errors in the descriptions from someone who thinks they have 7 inches when they really have only 7 cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B25Modelman Posted August 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 It reads "The tiny pellets ricochet around the soft tissue," so yes ill informed poorly translated from whatever language into English this is bad reporting with vast errors in the descriptions from someone who thinks they have 7 inches when they really have only 7 cm damn...I've only got 23cm then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 This is a big problem how do you control large crowds of people throwing rocks at you I would have thought that if someone was shooting shotguns at you then it would be wise to back off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 damn...I've only got 23mm then There you go. Fixed it for you lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 LG, which is the UK name for 000 buckshot, is 9.14mm diameter and can be held on SGC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY R Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 LG, which is the UK name for 000 buckshot, is 9.14mm diameter and can be held on SGC. Thats LG 0.360 Inches I think you can have bigger but not in a 12ga i forget how its worded now its relative to the bore size IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 reminds me of a csi episode when a guy was shot with a hangun, a 40mm ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1066 Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Thats LG 0.360 Inches I think you can have bigger but not in a 12ga i forget how its worded now its relative to the bore size IIRC. I thought a shotgun cartridge needed to have at least 6 pellets for SGC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B25Modelman Posted August 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 I thought a shotgun cartridge needed to have at least 6 pellets for SGC. I had a box with no pellets...crow scarers. When fired and the projectile reached about 30/40 yards it exploded. Bloody funny cos we used some at a clay shoot which got a laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx4cabbie Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 (edited) The Israeli defence force bought a load of integrally suppressed ruger 10/22 to shoot stone throwers with - they would have a couple of chaps sniping at the legs etc. Their rationale was that a thrown half brick can kill, and therefore we're entitled to use lethal force, but a 22 is less than a 223, so we're being reasonable. Edited August 17, 2016 by tx4cabbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix's rifle Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 The Israeli defence force bought a load of integrally suppressed ruger 10/22 to shoot stone throwers with - they would have a couple of chaps sniping at the legs etc. Their rationale was that a thrown half brick can kill, and therefore we're entitled to use lethal force, but a 22 is less than a 223, so we're being reasonable. Bet that would be a good laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY R Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 I thought a shotgun cartridge needed to have at least 6 pellets for SGC. Not sure but would make sense based on bigger bore size hense bigger alowed pellet size. Im talking oldish legislation here,m if things have changed in the recent legislation im not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1066 Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Not sure but would make sense based on bigger bore size hense bigger alowed pellet size. Im talking oldish legislation here,m if things have changed in the recent legislation im not sure. .A shotgun cartridge is defined as "cartridges containing five or more shot, none of which exceeds .36 inch in diameter" . .360 inch corresponds to US size 000 buckshot, or 9.14 mm in diameter, LG size buckshot in the UK. a loading of 12 LG shot in a 7.6 cm cartridge case is a standard US 12 bore loading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY R Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 .A shotgun cartridge is defined as "cartridges containing five or more shot, none of which exceeds .36 inch in diameter" . .360 inch corresponds to US size 000 buckshot, or 9.14 mm in diameter, LG size buckshot in the UK. a loading of 12 LG shot in a 7.6 cm cartridge case is a standard US 12 bore loading. I honestly thought it was bore size related or used to be, and there was a minimum pellet number which deffined the size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 I seem to recall the the Webley Garden Gun was 9mm or was I off my head with Tizer??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Just get another Tizer down you PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1066 Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 I seem to recall the the Webley Garden Gun was 9mm or was I off my head with Tizer? ?? Yes, Webley along with many others made a 9mm garden gun, often called a No 3. This was a 9mm rimfire cartridge with a thimble full of about 10 shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Pick up a selection of coarse fishing split shot to see what the numbers mean I fished before starting shooting so can recall the different sizes , the largest SSG being called swan shot ! Pick up a selection of coarse fishing split shot to see what the numbers mean I fished before starting shooting so can recall the different sizes , the largest SSG being called swan shot ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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