Plastic or Fibre?

[sitsinhedges]

In terms of pattern what is the actual difference between fibre or plaswads.

 

Got a friend going to pick up some 20gauge 24gram Eley CT 7.5s up for me today mostly for clays, maybe a few pigeons too and I am wondering which I will get the best performance out of. I am shooting where a few plaswads wont matter too much. Could go to 28 gram but not sure if the recoil will be too much for high volume use in a little 20g silver pig

 

Also going to get a slab of gamebore 20gauge 28gram no6 fibre too if anyone has an opinion on those.

 

Thoughts please

[covlocks]

The fibre lets the pattern expand quicker therefore loosing effective distance.

 

That being said, I alway use fibre when rough shooting, leaving plastic everywhere is bad practice and leads to permission being withdrawn.

[RC45]

I always try to buy fibre where available.

[sako751sg]

Some say there is not a great difference in patterns between some plastics and fibres but i always try to use plastic.Only on some land do i have to use fibres where there is livestock and they always seem to perform ok unless at the rangier shots where i think,and only think,that they are not on par with the plastics.

[Shuck.]

I think I remember reading that fibre actually patterns better at shorter ranges then plastic

[alfa taf]

I think I remember reading that fibre actually patterns better at shorter ranges then plastic

 

 

Fibre will give you a more open pattern than plastic ,therefore better on close distances not on long shots.

[casts_by_fly]

I've always gotten a more consistent pattern (fewer fliers and holes) with plastic. If I'm expecting shots to be 30+ yards then I'll be using plastic. If not, then I'll probably be using plastic because it is easier to just buy one flat of cartridge instead of multiple types.

 

Thanks,

Rick

[Guest cookoff013]

fibre is all i use now.

unless i`m at a clay range, that has wads everywhere,

i found my scores didnt change.

[Ferret Master]

I use fibre because I don't like distributing unnecessary filth around the countryside when there is a biodegradable alternative.

 

24g of 7.5's will not be a suitable pigeon cartridge. You will be much better off with the 28g no.6 loads.

 

FM :wacko:

[mossy835]

i all ways use plastic

[George1990]

Use plastic at Southdown cos the place is littered as it is and they're cheaper.

 

Use fibre everywhere else though for the reason FM stated.

[blackthorn]

plastic and fibre when we are shooting near livestock

[Blackpowder]

I think I remember reading that fibre actually patterns better at shorter ranges then plastic

Yes I am sure that was in the BASC magazine a while back and referred to better patterns with fibre against plastic, I think it was 20bore loads under discussion! Fibre for me by the way, less mess for a start.

 

Blackpowder

[3xspringer]

I use fibre because I don't like distributing unnecessary filth around the countryside when there is a biodegradable alternative.

 

24g of 7.5's will not be a suitable pigeon cartridge. You will be much better off with the 28g no.6 loads.

 

FM

 

 

I agree with you!!

[scolopax]

Fibre all the time, the difference in patterns is negligible, in fact there was a recent article saying fibre patterns better than plastic.

 

Only use plastic with non toxic wildfowling carts, due to the abrasive nature of the shot.

[shakin stevens]

fibre every time, went off plastic years ago and shoot plenty of long range pigeons eley 30g no 6 fibre wad.

[SSS]

I always use fibres but have been told plastic pattern better.

I cant see much of a difference really

[Vince Green]

Years ago when plastic wads became a possibility the cartridge manufacturers saw a great advantage, cost and ease of loading on automated production lines being the main two. The problem was that they had to sell the idea to shooters who were a traditional bunch and not given to accepting new ideas very easily. Espescially when it involved something that was plastic. What they did was to make a big case for the advantages of plastic wads. much of it was hype, some if it was maginally true but none of it made a lot of difference to the average shooter.

 

That situation is still true today.

[Red 9R]

I have in the last couple of weeks used Fibre for the first time, (picked them up in error) they were 5's for use on crows, I can honestly say that for me, I felt they were better than any plastic wad carts I have used to date, I may have been having a good day but they gave clean kills further than I would have felt comfortable doing with my normal plas wads, so I am a convert, fibre from now on round the farm

[Ferret Master]

Years ago when plastic wads became a possibility the cartridge manufacturers saw a great advantage, cost and ease of loading on automated production lines being the main two. The problem was that they had to sell the idea to shooters who were a traditional bunch and not given to accepting new ideas very easily. Espescially when it involved something that was plastic. What they did was to make a big case for the advantages of plastic wads. much of it was hype, some if it was maginally true but none of it made a lot of difference to the average shooter.

 

That situation is still true today.

Very true.

 

It is cheaper and easier to load a plastic wad as there are less stages in the loading process to go wrong such as base wads and then main wad column in a fibre load, compared to a single plastic wad that can just be seated. This effects the levels of 'scrap' cartridges.

 

FM :yp: