retromlc Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 I'm buying a hushpower 20b for crows and pigeons,obviously I'll be putting subsonics through it,what will be a good cart /shot size to get.i'll not be trying wild 40/50 yd shots and the chokes are 3/4 and full,any advise would be good,thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 I'm buying a hushpower 20b for crows and pigeons,obviously I'll be putting subsonics through it,what will be a good cart /shot size to get.i'll not be trying wild 40/50 yd shots and the chokes are 3/4 and full,any advise would be good,thanks in advance I'll PM you with the recipe that's been a success for me the last couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhunter Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Gamebore 5# subs from Just cartridges(if you can't find them anywhere else). Mine has full and full.. you either clean kill or miss!! The range is better than you might think. I really enjoy shooting it and the lack of recoil is amazing!! GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Gamebore 5# subs from Just cartridges(if you can't find them anywhere else). Mine has full and full.. you either clean kill or miss!! The range is better than you might think. I really enjoy shooting it and the lack of recoil is amazing!! GH Try chronographing them like I did, they were awful. This is one place where reloading really is worth it. Having said that I think you could do worse than use one of the lower velocity standard cartridges as they are still very quiet compared to using them in a normal gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhunter Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Try chronographing them like I did, they were awful. This is one place where reloading really is worth it. Having said that I think you could do worse than use one of the lower velocity standard cartridges as they are still very quiet compared to using them in a normal gun. Awful Compared to what? They are subsonic... they are slow.....Isn't that the point? GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Awful Compared to what? They are subsonic... they are slow.....Isn't that the point? GH The ones I tested were very slow and very erratic with velocities way under what we would expect, 800 fps and much less. I even phoned Gamebore to see if they wanted some of my cartridges to test themselves but they were completely disinterested. The ones I make are a quantum leap forward and I am lucky the Gamebore ones were given to me by a chap who had paid £260 for a 1000. Glad it wasn't my money. A decent subsonic reload will work as well as a standard factory cartridge in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 The ones I tested were very slow and very erratic with velocities way under what we would expect, 800 fps and much less. I even phoned Gamebore to see if they wanted some of my cartridges to test themselves but they were completely disinterested. The ones I make are a quantum leap forward and I am lucky the Gamebore ones were given to me by a chap who had paid £260 for a 1000. Glad it wasn't my money. A decent subsonic reload will work as well as a standard factory cartridge in my experience. I think your chrono is suffering from delusions of grandeur! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 I think your chrono is suffering from delusions of grandeur! Well it's strange how no other cartridges show such awful results. Maybe you can share your own results so we can compare Regardless, I wont be buying any Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 some cartridges dont get close to the advertised speed. some continental cartridges dont even containg the advertised shot load. there is a few cartridge reviews that actually weigh 5 lots of shells, with a continental manufacturer, the shot charge was 2 and 4 grams out. i`m not suprised at what cartridge manufacturers try and get away with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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