steve7 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Hi all,all the best for 2012,I posted a question a while back about which shotgun cartridges,I thank you all for your replies,,I was told they only allow fibre were I have shot clays,but found out today that fibre are prefered but you can use plastic. Can you give me your thoughts on preference, fibre or plastic ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Plastic. Cheaper and better patterns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Plastic. Cheaper and better patterns he`s not wrong. i do prefer plastic, but fibre is required in a few places. shame most plastic isnt PDP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerettaSV10 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I use fibre as some places don't allow plastic, saves having to keep both cartridges in stock. One bonus they are more enviromentally friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 On our club clay ground we are only allowed to use fibre wads. I believe that this is purely because they are more "environmentally friendly" rather than having any advantage or disadvantage over plastic wads. For my rough shooting I try to use fibre wads as much as possible for the exact same reason. If there is any advantage to be gained by using either fibre or plastic wads maybe someone with much more experience than I have could explain it for us "less knowledgable shooters" please as I am sure that others would find it interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 the lead in plastic shotcups are "less" damaged than those exposed to the bear barrel surface. the wear and tear happens to the plastic wad, not the shot. in the fibre loads, the shot is in constant contact with the barrel. more and more antimony is used to harden shot up. to reduce shot deformation. good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSolomons Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I avoid them like the plague. If you have a heavily back bored gun they truly can be pants with half the gas going roun the side of the wad. One o the many reasons I never bothered shooting game fairs until this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I avoid them like the plague. If you have a heavily back bored gun they truly can be pants with half the gas going roun the side of the wad. One o the many reasons I never bothered shooting game fairs until this year! On that reasoning is it fair to assume that you can get a little more power by using plastic wadded cartridges? Also how do the different types of wad effect the pattern if at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmoz82 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I prefer plastic and only use fibre when I have to !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I avoid them like the plague. If you have a heavily back bored gun they truly can be pants with half the gas going roun the side of the wad. One o the many reasons I never bothered shooting game fairs until this year! They play havoc with semi autos that are back bored too. My Maxus was particularly bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSolomons Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 On that reasoning is it fair to assume that you can get a little more power by using plastic wadded cartridges? Also how do the different types of wad effect the pattern if at all? Not really power that's the problem per se. Through most guns they are the same as plastic for 98% of shooting, with a bit more kick. At extreme range they don't hold the patter as well but as not many people get to shoot over those kind of distances, it's not a problem. I'll stick to the plastics though! 1 gun 1 shell less for my little brain to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris t Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 for shooting over farm land, plastic wad cartridges are great for leaving a mess. In a clay grounds where there are already millions of plastic wads around, I don't think it makes any difference unless they are going to have a proper tidy up. I'd say that if you asked a land owner which he'd like you to use, he'd say fibre everytime. So that enough for me. I only use fibre, forget about patterns etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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