Ears Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Last few years on RC Sipe 5 and 6 shot 32g plas. Really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Last few years on RC Sipe 5 and 6 shot 32g plas. Really good. I just finished some of these. They were superb. Just like the last ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisondan Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Pretty sure they weren't when I was at the hull factory but they could have changed! The Hellfire game cartridges are loaded by Hull, the Hellfire clay cartridges are loaded by Gamebore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 i got given some rottweil tiger's in 32g 6s and they seem to hit hard colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony G Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Nobel sport OK game or Victory rockets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 i got given some rottweil tiger's in 32g 6s and they seem to hit hard colin Rotty tigers! Them was gooood! U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ears Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 This week I was on a high bird day on pheasants in Hewin on severn in Gloucester really great shoot proper high birds. Now I had to use fibre wads that I am not a lover of. But? over the last couple of months I have tested a few different fibre game loads. my choice was, Hull High Bird Extreme 70mm case 34 grams of 5 shot. I was very impressed with their performance through my Miroku Mk38 trap gun 32". I have tried hard not to use fibre wads but more game shoots insist on them these days. Now these Hull shells are not cheap, I don't think I would want to be pigeon shooting with them as for the cost. I will say though its a good squib. so to make a short story long in felt or fibre wad. Hull High Pheasant Extreme were my favourite fibre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caravanman Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Rio Royal 32g 6. Cracking shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 One local shoot boss uses Hull Sterling game 34gm 5's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSolomons Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Sterling game great but discontinued- High Pheasant Extreme are the follow on and very good they are too. I use the 36g 4s on the big stuff when I have to shoot fibres, solid kills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Sterling game great but discontinued- High Pheasant Extreme are the follow on and very good they are too. I use the 36g 4s on the big stuff when I have to shoot fibres, solid kills. Cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 To those that say, "if you point it in the right direction, there is no bad cartridge". I agree about the 'bad' cartridge bit. BUT, I once tested 10 different makes and type of 20 bore cartridges, through a fixed choke Beretta 687, they were either 24 or 28 grams of 6 shot. Of the 2 or 3 of each of the ten types, it came down to just 3 makes that patterned satisfactorily enough to want to use them. So, on the occasions that you think you have not pointed the gun in the right place, it may not always be your aim that is at fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swingit Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 The Hellfire game cartridges are loaded by Hull, the Hellfire clay cartridges are loaded by Gamebore. I know the thread is dead but,just to put things right. They are not loaded by Hull,they are loaded by "Eley" at the minute,although there is talk of a move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 12 bore express supreme game 30g 20 bore cheapest the wife shots them 28 bore game bore pure gold 25g or Hull Clay & Game 23g Clays I'm less fuzzy these days as I don't take it seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roostshooter1 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 My choice wkuld be either Rc sipe 32 gram 5s Hull high pheasant extremes 32 gram 5s And i even have some rc sipe extreme 34 gram 4s which hit down high late season pheasants well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caravanman Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Rio Royal 32g 6, going to give Gamebore Velocity a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Monkey Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Been using Express Supreme Game 28g 6's for the last couple of years. Happy with them. Truth told I probably couldn't tell the difference in a blind test. They seem to hit hard enough, folded a good number of birds, even high pheasant, on the first barrel. Either i'm improving or they make a clueless gibbon seem reasonably able Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 3 pages of answers, many different preferences. There are very few poor cartridges about, Eley, Gamebore, Express, Hull. all make some first class shells. The key to is to find one you like, buy 1000 at least and stick with it. You will have good days and bad but when the latter occur then you know from your good days that the issue is with the shooter rather than the cartridge. Over the years I find I get less runners with bigger shot. The weight of your shot load will depend on your gun, light SBS then 28gr, light O/U then 30gr or occasionally 32gr, heavy O/U then 32gr if needed. I have killed pheasants a log way out with 28gr of 6s (Impax) in my SBS. My load of choice is 30gr of 5s over a felt wad in a lightweight O/U. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnytheboy Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Rio Royal 32g 5s or Viri/FOB 32g no5s RC ORO 35g 5s if a fibre wad is needed! Shot some blue Lightenings this season and done well with them 33g 4.5 I was also very impressed with Cheddite Mini Free Shots 30g no6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palo Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Eley Alphamax 36g AAA for Fox or 36g BB from single barrel Baikel my trusty fox slayer for over thirty years. RC No 9.33g Dispersant for Woodcock and phesand at the right range I will never fire another Cartridge at game as long as I can get my hands on 33g No 9. A very fast cloud and will kill at good distances with a Baikel side by side and well priced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougall Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Eley Alphamax 36g AAA for Fox or 36g BB from single barrel Baikel my trusty fox slayer for over thirty years. RC No 9.33g Dispersant for Woodcock and phesand at the right range I will never fire another Cartridge at game as long as I can get my hands on 33g No 9. A very fast cloud and will kill at good distances with a Baikel side by side and well priced. ? blimey never heard of such a weird load.......that must be 900 bits of shot...what does a 20 yard pheasant taste like?..crunchy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutron619 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 ? blimey never heard of such a weird load.......that must be 900 bits of shot...what does a 20 yard pheasant taste like?..crunchy? +1. Very weird - sounds more like something the Italians would use - they seem to favour (judging by some of the commercial loads produced by Fiocchi et al.) huge quantities of small shot. I'm surprised, frankly, that it'll do for any bids, big or small, past 20 yards. I've had clays "bounce" rather than break using #9 shot at that distance, so I can't think that they'd kill game well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest cookoff013 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 no its a standard small bird load. the italians love shooting any birds...... even small ones.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutron619 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) no its a standard small bird load. the italians love shooting any birds...... even small ones.. I was aware that they have a particular problem as major fruit growers / exporters, with small birds - what we'd call songbirds - eating olives, young fruit and the like, and that they used small loads of "dust shot" (i.e. #12) to deal with these pests, but why anyone would need or want 33g of the stuff in the sky at once remains beyond me. Still - I'm sure they serve a purpose, otherwise the manufacturers wouldn't bother making them. I still maintain though, that they must be of very limited use - the last time I shot my .410 at clays before I sold it, I was using 14g #9 skeet cartridges and I had several crossers - at very modest range - sharply change direction (i.e. right angles) in mid air without breaking, because of impact by the shot. Edited January 29, 2015 by neutron619 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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