hutt Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 I've got a 30" O/U that's fixed at 1/4 and 1/4. It's my only gun, and it'll be used for rough shooting. Rabbits, Crow's, Duck, Pigeons... I'm trying to stick with the adage of learn one cartridge and stick with it. The question is, is it a No.5 or a No.6. I'm happy with 32gr as mines a sporter, so heavier than a field gun. If it had a tighter choke I'd say No.5 for sure, but given it's quite wide, I'm not sure at what distance they'll be quarry sized holes in the pattern with 5's, where as 6's may fill those gaps, even if missing the penetration and power at distance. You thoughts gratefully received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Quarter choke is not tight enough to take long shots regularly at anything including pigeon, if you accept that you need to keep your range to below 40 or even 35 yards, then 32g of 6.5's would be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 28-32gram 6s is all i need for 99% of my shooting i use 1/4 and 1/2 Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 the chances are you are never going to shoot the same cartridge from one season to the next. i`d use whatever i can close to 5s, etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casts_by_fly Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 I'm going to assume you're not in scotland inland. Since you've mentioned Ducks, you need to use steel or other non toxic. At that point I'd be looking at ~32g of #4 for all of the above as that's the minimum size I'd want for ducks, pheasant, and hares, but the biggest I'd want to go with for pigeons. If you're inland in scotland where lead is legal, then 32g 5's in lead is about right. thanks rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 With the exception that it is rarely ever legal to go lead on Duck (as they fly over and land on water) I should say consider steel. I shoot crows with steel but now I see pigeon and rabbit fetching premium prices to BOP lads when shot with steel I might be sorely tempted to go steel with them also. I have only ever shot a few rabbits with steel but that includes my longest ever kill on one with a shotgun, for some reason it performs very well on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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