cockercas Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Not wants. Ive done it. 70m is to far. Im off to sit in the corner and cry because you dont care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontbeck Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 this was a perfectly good question to help someone understand how far killing range is when you are a newbie this info is a normal question that would go through your mind and to turn the thread into some idiot that would happily get shot at from 70 yards is unbelievable sir you are a plank anyone that shoots a gun at anyone from any distance deserves to have his licence taken away anyone that wants to be a target should not be on this forum What a pretentious pr... you are. The question was answered and then the thread moved on. If you are incapable of reading a thread with tongue in cheek and take everything literally you will miss a lot in life. No sensible person would point a gun at anyone at 70 yds let alone fire it. If you pointed a gun at me at any distance you would soon find out it`s not the thing to do.You appear to have no experience in this sport. The point I was making was endorsed by Scotslad who mentioned that he had been shot at that distance and that it stung but did not penetrate and he was only wearing a shirt. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockercas Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 What a pretentious pr... you are. The question was answered and then the thread moved on. If you are incapable of reading a thread with tongue in cheek and take everything literally you will miss a lot in life. No sensible person would point a gun at anyone at 70 yds let alone fire it. If you pointed a gun at me at any distance you would soon find out it`s not the thing to do.You appear to have no experience in this sport. The point I was making was endorsed by Scotslad who mentioned that he had been shot at that distance and that it stung but did not penetrate and he was only wearing a shirt. Bill Correct. It just bounces of you. Altho i wouldnt fancy one in the eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) Ur totally right above nobby it is not a good idea but i'd also say that 70m is not the effective killing range of a shotgun and esp so to a begginner. Joe average should not be shooting at birds at that distance until he can judge it accurately and also shoot accurately. And for the more experienced next ime u pull off a long range/flukey shot put the birds aside and actually pluck it including the head/neck, more often than not there will only be the 1 pellet in the head and rest off body/wings are often unmarked or when there is a pellet in the breast it usually has not penetrated far enough to be a fatal wound, or atleast that is generally the case with me and my mates anyway. Bottom line at that range (or behind 40ish m) u really need to be head shooting them, far beyond my skill level/limit. It does amaze/interest me if u mark different birds u shoot and pluck them to see where the damage/fatal shot is and which where the hard runners, u really have to hit them hard to get fatal body shot I see a couple off other posts while i typed this, But such a shame when such an innocent and common question ends up going off at a tangent like that And no u really dinae want 1 in the eye, pulled a pellet out off my mates cheek 1 day, but we were picking up (1st season picking, 1st day new moor, u soon learn) and far too close, thought we were safe and a good 10ft below line of sight to butts but must off been a fiier or richocet, prob 40m and jist below skin and no more. Not nice thou Edited January 8, 2013 by scotslad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Nice couple of real life experience posts from Scotslad , interesting point about plucking birds to see what it takes to get a dead bird at distance. Anybody who thinks 70+ yard shots are routinely possible just hasn't a clue how many they wound in the process. Hitting them is one thing but dropping them dead is quite another so stick to under 50 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootnfish Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Whose to say that the videos of George digweed shooting crows and pigeons at 80yds aren't edited and he shoots at half a dozen or more before he gets a clean kill. Maybe he does maybe he doesn't. 25 to 45yds is about the range i think i usually shoot at,sometimes maybe a bit more or a bit less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAsh Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Hull cartridges produce a velocity over range diagram which can be seen here for no 6 http://www.hullcartridge.co.uk/threecrowns.htm velocit about 100 metres second at over 80 metres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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