666Rhino

No mate. My point was that I'm not getting any alerts that anyone has posted something new on this thread. I have given up on the idea of getting birdshot in a 3". But thank you very much for all the input and help. In Great Britain "Yes" not true for France or Italy.

As Plato said (in 600BC!) "He who most wishes to rule is he least fitted to do so." And people wonder why I have a 10 shot 3" Mag 12 bore . . . Still not getting any reply notifications . . .? What am I doing wrong?

Apologies for the apparent silence but I'm not getting any notifications of replies. I had assumed there had been none. Thanks for some interesting responses - some surprisingly useful and some surprisingly ignorant. Some friends of mine have farms which occasionally have rat problems. A 3" mag shell loaded with bird shot and using a True Cyl choke will put out a huge amount of lead and provide a devastating spread taking in several of the vermin (and possibly terrier or two as well)! I also thought it might be amusing to use said shells on clays - expensive sure but it could be fun. The cash is not my main concern, if it were I'd buy some traps. I bought the gun to cover everything - from clays, to game, to rats pouring out of a hayrick that was being moved to solid slug for wild boar. I don't have to use 3" mag shells loaded with birdshot on rats but its probably more (cost) effective than using my solid slug ammo!

Hi New to this site but long time shooter. I'm so old that I can say I used to have (legally): a .44 Mag revolver, .357 Mag revolver, .38 revolver, a .308 rifle, a 9.3x74R O/U rifle (still on my FAC) and I currently have: a 7mm Rem Mag. and an 11 shot 12 bore 3" mag semi-auto shotgun - not so much a shotgun more a piece of antiaircraft ordnance! As well as a few other guns (an 1880s WR Pape Pigeon hammer gun, a Beretta O/U) I have joined the site to pick a few brains. I am trying - and failing miserably to find 3" Mag 12 bore shells loaded with birdshot, 5/6/7 - all I can get is BB which is not much good for rats or pigeons! If anyone knows of a source for such shells I will be forever grateful. Rhino