leeboy Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Any of you guys use SGs for foxes ? if so how do you get on with them. They dont pattern well in my Beretta but the yanks swear by them out to 50/60yards for foxes and coyotes. What choke works for you and what is the tightest pattern that can be expected at say 30 yards ? I like to keep a box in case have to destroy a cow. I also have some problem deer that cant be shot with a rifle but I can often get within 15/20 yards and so I have to sort them with the 12 bore but as of yet I have not tried them as cant seem to get a safe shot and wont shoot until I can. I would be interested to know what they are like on fox. I usually use BBs. I haven't tried them in my Benelli yet but I dont suppose they will perform much better. One bloke on an american forum claims he shoots foxes to 50/60 yards routinely. I cant see how. Leeboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 I bought a box MANY years ago and tried it on a paper fox target at 40 yds,it took 5 shots to get 1 pellet to hit the fox.I still have half a box left but I only used them on cattle/sheep. IMO - use the biggest load of 1`s or BB`s your gun can handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 SG and CHOKES Don't do it. For SG i would SERIOUSLY be looking at cylinder only if you start choking the barrel it could be a tad messy BBs i would use a 1/2 choke MAX You MAY get away with another but my personal beleif is IF you over choke on LARGE shot like BB AAA SG it can damage your barrels Mate of mine was using size 2s and 0s to bowl over rabbits at 50-55 yards no problem (stone dead) The Guy at Bywell was telling us he has seen a fox dropped at 30 yards or so with a thump to the head with 6s?? Personally i think the smallest for fox Should be BBs to ensure a clean kill I think SG for fox is overkill. JMHO LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 I've never shot basil with SG's but I got a box ages ago and had some fun shooting at a thick wooden headboard on a old trailer and a couple of squirrel dreys. I use Alphamax 3's for sheep or a Frost's clipper knife. SG's are supposed to be good for Wild Boar or other large stuff out to 35 yards. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek.snr Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 used slugs in spain recently,they would be exellent for fox out to 100m, but section 1 here,grouped 3inch with fixed sights at 50m hard hitting at that distance punching holes in 2 inch pine board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 slugs out to 100m, but section 1 here Quite right too, look at this http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot6.htm IMHO bb's are top dollar for fox, sg would be OK at a shorter range but be very aware of your back stop , look at it like this, SG 32 grams, 9shot in the case that's 3.555 grams a piece, doing around 1400fps, a .22 RF is 2.6 grams doing 1050fps and you would watch where you point that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 SG and CHOKES ohmy.gif Don't do it. For SG i would SERIOUSLY be looking at cylinder only if you start choking the barrel it could be a tad messy nugget.gif BBs i would use a 1/2 choke MAX If it is lead you can use any of the large size shots through full choke without any problems at all. I've fired many sg's through my fixed full choked 303 without any problems at all. It's had several hundred BB loads through it too! I now use my 0.655" (Xtra full) Terror choke for any of my SG or HeviShot fox loads. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren m Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 i have used SG,s through an old 301 beretta , with full choke , no problem it grouped very well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Same here, I've put many SG's through my AL391 and full choke with out any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 I saw what was left of a Escort Semi when someone tried SG through a full choke and it wasn't pretty It ripped the choke out the barrel and damaged the threads too I prefer my gun in one bit thanks very much LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 I've used SSG's years ago on muntjack when we were reducing their numbers on an estate riddled with them. They pattern ok at 30 yards much more and it becomes hit and miss. For basil you'll get a much better pattern using 2's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 I hear Buck shot groups better if using IC chokes?? How true this is i am not sure but there is a lot of debate about it on the yank forums After seeing first hand what happened to the Escorts Chokes i installed Beretta ones instead I have used BB through a 1/2 at around 40 yards and it seemed to pattern ok LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeboy Posted October 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Thanks for the response fellas. I think the best thing to do is get off my **** and actually pattern them through both of my guns and both sets of chokes. Probably should of done before I posted but I was hoping that the replies would all lean one way and save me the bother. Guess thats shooting ! paul223, great link mate very interesting. Leeboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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