gunners Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Hi all What do people think of sub sonic loads as i have a receipe which saves on powder but more lead. I am not bothered by using extra lead as i have a free source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 good for a mess about, light recoil. as for performance wise, slightly slower, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Hate them, just can't get the hang of them though. They work well enough if you put the shot in the right place,(I can't...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Nice light recoil, fairly quiet even through an un-moderated gun, don't work the action on my semi-auto, good patterns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunners Posted January 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 What sort of ranges can you expect out of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 What sort of ranges can you expect out of them? depends on the load, i can give you subsonic 36g, and probly work out a 42g subsonic loads, use shotsizes such as BB, or #4buckshot, and the ranges are pretty much immaterial with regards to power, knockdown power etc.. problem with comercial subsonics, is they are low demand, so the companys tie up just one machine to produce the bare essential cartridge, usually in the cheapest shotsize they do which has always been the #6. as for performance of the #6 in sunsonics, i`d rather shoot cheese at game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ears Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 I have used them when tutoring at a few different shooting schools for novices and the like's, where they suffer from noise complaints as they do in week corparote days. They have genrally been 28gram 7.5 shot for clays. They seem to work fine to about 30 yards after that it starts getting strange due to speed of the lead to the target. personally they are not for me. but for novice's shooting incomers that are 25 yards or so they seem ok for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 i've still got some 32g#6 eley hushpower loads and they do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Still get noise from them though. I started my daughter shooting clays with subsonics, when i tried a few myself they were very soft to shoot but wanted significantly more lead. So if using them stick with them and dont use normal velocity cartridges. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Still get noise from them though. I started my daughter shooting clays with subsonics, when i tried a few myself they were very soft to shoot but wanted significantly more lead. So if using them stick with them and dont use normal velocity cartridges. A My local clay club used to start beginners on Magnasonic cartridges, until they discovered that Express HV 24g were just as soft and a lot cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 i actually enjoy using subs, but i`ve stopped for the moment, stitching back and forth is an issue. i do shoot them through my SXS, as they are more fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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