TIDES EDGE Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Any one used these my local gun shop have some ELECTRO CIBLES 36GRM 7.5 SHOT PLASTIC WAD @£190 PER 1000. I brought 200 to try on the pigeons could be good over decoys and at that price if they are I might have to buy a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 I can't see any reason why they wouldn't be good for 50 yard pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlerob Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 should give a nice patten i would like to try some of these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 (edited) My experiance with 7.5 sized lead shot is that it will only kill well out to 35 yards. Anything beyond that is usualy wounded and few birds at 50 yards are dropped. Most fly on in a cloud of feathers. I have tried Eley , gamebore and saga in 7.5 through an open choke all with the same results. 7 is the minimum I would consider and even then only at close range. 6s produce my best results . Number six is the best selling shot size for pigeons for a simple reason, most people have found it works best. The pattern of a 36 gram 7.5 is very dence to say the least. I am not sure I would want to eat the result of a 25 yard pigeon shot with such a cartridge. £190 is not that cheap for a pigeon shell. My local gun shop sells them for less. My work entails precise estimation of distances for bird surveys for proposed wind farm sites where all birds have to be logged onto maps and a sample of distances checked with a measure so I have a very good idear far 50 yards looks up in the sky , I suspect others who claim that 7.5 works at this sort of range might be underestimating the real distance. 50 yards is a good range for no 3 lead shells on geese let alone 7.5 on pigeons. Maybe some people can cleanly kill a pigeon at what they think is 50 yards with 7.5 , but I know I cant. I would return them to the gunshop and get a shell that will give you the best results. Edited April 12, 2014 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Italian cartridges so probably an English shot size 7. 36 gm load too...what's not to like. Fill your boots with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 My experiance with 7.5 sized lead shot is that it will only kill well out to 35 yards. Anything beyond that is usualy wounded and few birds at 50 yards are dropped. Most fly on in a cloud of feathers. I have tried Eley , gamebore and saga in 7.5 through an open choke all with the same results. 7 is the minimum I would consider and even then only at close range. 6s produce my best results . Number six is the best selling shot size for pigeons for a simple reason, most people have found it works best. The pattern of a 36 gram 7.5 is very dence to say the least. I am not sure I would want to eat the result of a 25 yard pigeon shot with such a cartridge. £190 is not that cheap for a pigeon shell. My local gun shop sells them for less. My work entails precise estimation of distances for bird surveys for proposed wind farm sites where all birds have to be logged onto maps and a sample of distances checked with a measure so I have a very good idear far 50 yards looks up in the sky , I suspect others who claim that 7.5 works at this sort of range might be underestimating the real distance. 50 yards is a good range for no 3 lead shells on geese let alone 7.5 on pigeons. Maybe some people can cleanly kill a pigeon at what they think is 50 yards with 7.5 , but I know I cant. I would return them to the gunshop and get a shell that will give you the best results. I normally agree with your views, but we certainly disagree on this one. For starters, i'm sure the load in question equates to an English size 7. I have proved to myself that 50+ yard pigeons are no problem, even with 7.5 loads, so long as the pattern is in the front end. A pigeon hit in the **** flies on whether it's been hit with 5s or 8s. There are many who at first are surprised by how well the the smaller shotsizes kill. I converted someone who always used no.5. I pace out the longer birds that I kill, so I know i'm not far out with ranges. I shall be posting more pigeon shooting videos to show the effectiveness of the shells I use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Do they do premium bonds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 I think we are just going to have to respect each others views on this one Motty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIDES EDGE Posted April 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Well as most of us suspected they worked and worked well, ,went down to quarter choke and they killed well right out to 40yards ,I cant hit them any further than that so off to get some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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