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I'm shooting this weekend on a small shoot. More of a walkabout and mini driven day. I'm putting down my usual Browning and borrowing a rather nice little AYA No.2 as it's nice and light and hardly noticeable when carrying around all day! My only concern is that i only have black gold 32g 5's and a few 32g 6 cheddite tordos which i fear will really punch through a gun that weights barely 6lbs! If anybody knows of any smooth yet hard hitting 12 bore game carts (28g/30g) then that would be greatly appreciated!

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what is your ultimate goal?

 

light recoiling shells?

light shot loads ?

 

dead pheasants?.

 

i homeload subsonic #4s for my sxs (a while ago now). they hit like a freight train and recoil like a Christmas cracker.

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For an occasional walk up I wouldn't worry about it, if you start the day off with a pocketful chances are you'll have most of the pocketful left at the end of the day unless the place is crawling with game? For the sake of a few shots I would just use your sixes.

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For an occasional walk up I wouldn't worry about it, if you start the day off with a pocketful chances are you'll have most of the pocketful left at the end of the day unless the place is crawling with game? For the sake of a few shots I would just use your sixes.

 

Same here.

Last time I was out I took a box of 25 and came back with 19 of them.

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I have found RC professional 30g in 5 or 6 to be a tremendously successful cartridge through my little English boxlock. Very easy on the shoulder but hard hitting on the birds. I often use RC Sipe 32g or Black Gold through my O/U or semi, but they're ugly through the SxS as the gun whips too much with the recoil making the second shot more difficult.

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