Caravanman Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Not been a topic like this for a while and i like hearing what everyone likes to use. I like Gamebore Clear Pigeon 32g 6 and Velocity 29g 6, both fibre wad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Anything from 28g 71/2s to 32g 6s for me when there coming into decoys I don't think it really matters BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Rc 2 comp 28grm of 6 ( english 5.5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Ones with lead in the front bit :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caravanman Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Never tried true 7.5 only continentals which were 7. Used the RC shells and liked them a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 I use 32grm #6, and also the same in #5 when I can get them cheap enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tis1979 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 I use sipes 32g #5 fibre found these drop them well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caravanman Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Sipe fibres ain't cheap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 I used to feel you needed a heavy load of larger shot, but clay loads seem to work just as good if you shoot straight and let them come in. Now I mainly use steel duck loads because its what I have most of 28 grm of no.3 steel or even 24grm of no4 if its fast and patterns well. I think the issue with killing crows well is its too tempting to take / try long shots at these birds better not to as they soon learn the score and seem to communicate it to others if you keep missing or lightly pricking them- dead crows don't though so dont give them a chance to learn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus1988 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 I used to feel you needed a heavy load of larger shot, but clay loads seem to work just as good if you shoot straight and let them come in. Now I mainly use steel duck loads because its what I have most of 28 grm of no.3 steel or even 24grm of no4 if its fast and patterns well. I think the issue with killing crows well is its too tempting to take / try long shots at these birds better not to as they soon learn the score and seem to communicate it to others if you keep missing or lightly pricking them- dead crows don't though so dont give them a chance to learn! What speed you getting from 28 grams of steel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacker Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Lyalvale pigeon power 29gm 6 fibre, Any 28gm 7 1/2 clay load, or 17gm 6 in .410ga. I decoy them, so they are pretty close range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucey Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 +1 for Velocity No.6 29gram fibre. nice fast cartridge. Although I do have a job getting hold of them. there's only one shop where I can get these from, all the others say 'Gamebore don't do a 29g No.6' . strange one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Sovereign Fitasc 28g 6.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Sovereign Fitasc 28g 6.5Now there a nice and fast shell . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew f Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Trust 5s 32 grams. £50 for a slab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Trust 5s 32 grams. £50 for a slab An excellent cartridge. Not sure what I paid for a slab though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 An excellent cartridge. Not sure what I paid for a slab though. Think you paid £44 Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caravanman Posted July 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Really like Rio Royals 32 g 6 but too expensive for me now according to the wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 What speed you getting from 28 grams of steel? Never seen a need to chronograph them the 28 grm are Gamebore mammoth. The 24 grm 4 are unofficial non CIP imports from Sweden (good widgeon shells that I have seen others kill geese with, though I pass on that with them ) . I don't generally check factory shells beyond the pattern to gun / choke test and don't load for the easy to obtain cartridge sizes. I have recounted on PW previously about the crow flight that I thought I was using 32 grm lead no.5 and killed a mass of birds cleanly, on picking up the empties I realised that I was actually using no.5 steel clay loads ( if we have something to blame poor kills on its to ourselves we look last). That flight changed my mind on steel and I very rarely use lead these days, fibre wad and my best SBS being the only time I tend to use lead To just give a recollection of the futileness of selecting heavy loads for crow; Myself and a mate were shooting crows he had only an air rifle and was shooting any that landed I was taking any in the air that presented. I was shooting a heavy 3" lead load of no.1 as I was given way more than I needed for foxing. Anyhow I dropped one and blew most of it breast clean off, it hit the deck and started to hop off (my mate immediately made a perfectly executed longish range back of the nut shot with his airgun). Even a single no 7 in the head would have killed that bird at the range it was shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a303 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Used a slab of 36g 4s in the past with devastating results on the crows and my wallet. Absolutely brilliant on bunnies too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiffy Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 i use 32/6 on crow but have used 28/7.5 when ive been after pigeons and our plans change and as long as i let the mget close enough they will fold and drop ok have done some roost shooting in a quite high wood ona really blowwy. used a mix of 42/5 and 36/5 that day and they woeked as expected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Think you paid £44 Steve I did too Terry. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 n s I classica fibre 32g 6's [5 .5 ] shot pillowcase fodder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfanz Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 (edited) fiocchi 32g no6 fibre,does the job for me and at good ranges. Edited July 3, 2015 by hawkfanz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 i use 32/6 on crow but have used 28/7.5 when ive been after pigeons and our plans change and as long as i let the mget close enough they will fold and drop ok have done some roost shooting in a quite high wood ona really blowwy. used a mix of 42/5 and 36/5 that day and they woeked as expected Maybe you are a crack shot, but I can't really understand the need for an ounce and a half of shot for roosting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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