LOAD SIZE FOR CLAYS

[Wyatt Twerp]

Hi all, i would like to now the consensus on what's the best load size is for shooting clays, i have recently changed from 28g to 24g and found that i shot better?:o? :o

[beretta]

28 gm. more pellets :o :o

 

if your shooting better i doubt its because of the cartridge. :o :o could be other issues. :o

[humperdingle]

I'd happily use 24g for skeet, but prefer a few more pellets for longer sporting targets.

 

Is it lead or steel shot you're using?

[Chard]

I'd definitely stick to 28g but all I seem to do these days is competition shooting.

I reckon there must be a slight advantage in having more pellets up there.

I don't believe that it makes a huge difference, but in a comp, one clay can make a difference

 

If you shoot better with 24g, it might be something to do with less recoil :o

[shaun4860]

I shoot 24g and sometimes if a lot of clays then may drop to 21g.....

 

All to do with an old shoulder problem that flares up now and again.

 

At Hodnet i will be using 21g carts...

 

shaun

[BigG]

Personally 24g 7.5 for everything but shoot 28g 7.5 from registered.

 

I like the 21g loads but they seem to mess with my head if I miss start thinking if that was a 24g/28g would I have hit it...... probably not is the answer but even so?

[Cosmicblue]

I seem to remember reading that a 28grm 7.5 cart has 30 more pellets than an equivalent 24grm of the same make/type?

 

I've tried both and it made absolutely no difference to my score - and when you think about the likely shot pattern at say 35yds then the extra 30 pellets are going to be pretty well distributed to the point that if I'm about to miss then - well I've missed anyway.

 

I shoot 24s all the time now - and its easier on the shoulder too. I have noticed that I seem to get a more consistent score with Eley 24Grm 7.5 VIPs than I do with the cheaper Blues - and given my lack of ability that must be a 'head thing'

[Wyatt Twerp]

I'd happily use 24g for skeet, but prefer a few more pellets for longer sporting targets.

 

Is it lead or steel shot you're using?

it's lead shot, Eley blue's 24g 7.5's

[hairyduck]

56g of bismuth normally does the trick, oddly frowned upon by some venue though

[Scarpa]

I use 21s and from a lot of the test results I've seen carried out by various mags smaller loads often have superior patterns than many larger weights due to less deformed shot.

[utectok]

21gm 8s for me not much of a comp shooter but great practise carts

[COACH]

The 21g Hull comp X. It`s not the Cartridge of the year for nothing.

Patterns are the best I`v ever seen. Very uniformed.

I use it for Tuition, practice and competition.

It`s so much easier to get on to the second bird on a pair as your not suffering from recoil from the first.

Also your not tired from recoil by the time you have shot 75/80 clays which makes you drop your targets in the higher numbers.

ABSOLUTLY FABULOUS CARTRIDGE.

[JonD]

I agree, the CompX 21g is excellent.

 

I used to use them all the time in the 525 but since i switched to a semi auto they won't cycle, from the testing i have done it seems to be more down to the case length than anything else.

 

If they would make them in 70mm I would still be using them.

 

Jon.

[COACH]

There`s no doubt at all that auto`s work better with the 70mm cartridge but if your gas auto won`t recycle them try cleaning the ports in the cylinder that go through into the barrels.

They also work better in a gun that has shot around 2,500 odd cartridges first to loosen the gun up. Beretta`s are well known for this.

My own Beretta Urika 2 was a bitch until I put lots of heavier stuff through it and then cleaned out the ports well.

I used it on a Have a Go stand at a charity shoot using the 21g Comp X and it recycled over 200 times without a jam.

That was a first.

[covlocks]

The 21g Hull comp X. It`s not the Cartridge of the year for nothing.

Patterns are the best I`v ever seen. Very uniformed.

 

My missus always used 21g Comp x's due to a dodgy shoulder. Did a number of blind tests with her comparing the Express 24's and the Comp x's, Express 24's won every time for recoil smoothness. About 50 more pellets in the 24's as well, which may just up the score by one or two birds.