Dan. Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Hello everyone, I have recently just got into shooting and I'm on the lookout for cartridges that will work well in my new Winchester select sporting II which I'm 99.9% sure has 3 inch cambers and is steel proof (I pick the gun up next weekend). I will be shooting a fair variety of things but I have broken them down into 4 sections that I would use different cartridges for: Clays, small vermin (crows/rabbits), fox and a steel shot for pigeon and wildfowing. It would be great help if someone using the same/similar gun could let me know what they use for the above shooting situations. Thanks again Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cyrus1988 Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 What's the reason behind using steel for the pigeons?For the clays I just use whatever the cheapest 70mm 28gram #7.5 carts I can find or load them myself. For crows some people will use the same clay carts but my shooting/fieldcraft doesn't allow for clean kills with those so I use 32 gram #5 or #6. No idea about foxes and it depends on what "Wildfowl" you'll be shooting. If you do a search on here you find more useful information, it's all been asked before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Hardly use lead these days , but in steel I have found gamebore the best , but use at least no 4 shot and i do very well with no 3 for more rangy birds. Use their 32 gr load for pigeons and for duck Gamebore Mammoths take some beating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan. Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 What's the reason behind using steel for the pigeons? For the clays I just use whatever the cheapest 70mm 28gram #7.5 carts I can find or load them myself. For crows some people will use the same clay carts but my shooting/fieldcraft doesn't allow for clean kills with those so I use 32 gram #5 or #6. No idea about foxes and it depends on what "Wildfowl" you'll be shooting. If you do a search on here you find more useful information, it's all been asked before. Local game dealer will collect only steel shot pigeons. and thank you for that I will take a look around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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