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Hatsanmad, sitsinhedges has given you good information, without wishing to upset you but "hard hitting" is subjective and meaning less one mans view may be different from another's. Plus what is the intended use of the cartridge? Pigeon, game, fox?

 

I would seriously suggest you do some internet searching on shotgun ballistics and pellet energy vs velocity, choke and patterns which you may find useful.

 

1257fps in number 7, 6, 6.5 or 5 shot will be perfect for pigeons.

 

Rb

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Cheers sitsin thanks for that. I dont want to load them up if its a rather poor load.

Iv shot a similar load using 28gram which i do like.

What i would like to ask sitsinhedges please was were they a hard hitting load?

 

Well they certainly kill stuff, and despite what is printed on cartridge boxes that is a reasonable speed. I would imagine 5.5s with a reasonable bit of choke to hold the pattern together they would kill anything. You really need to load a few and try them don't you. I've a couple of large buckets full of them for when I use the 12.

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Well they certainly kill stuff, and despite what is printed on cartridge boxes that is a reasonable speed.

 

+1.

 

To the OP: don't believe everything you read on the internet! No good, commercial cartridge produces 1500fps muzzle velocity, no matter how many people get taken in by the claims of ultra-high velocity that the manufacturers might make. A few misguided peoples' reloads probably do, but even if they do, they'd do just as well if the shot were thrown at 1300fps. By the time you get past 20 metres (i.e. where most people start thinking about shooting them rather than it being a "low bird"), the difference is negligible anyway and what difference there is between moderate and ultra-fast is simply reflected in a little more or a little less lead on the same bird - you still have to "aim" well in front of a 40 yard crosser either way.

 

To illustrate how sure I am about this: I've posted elsewhere on PW about my first two forays into the world of shotgun reloading. I will be extremely happy if the two cartridges I've created produce 1200fps muzzle velocity or thereabouts. I'll be worried if they go as high as 1250fps and any higher than that I'll probably redesign them - 1300fps+ is a waste of powder.

 

Furthermore, I've been having my most successful visits in my whole shooting career lately. I've been using a 16 gauge 28g/#6 load from Gamebore that's at least 23 years old and is barely supersonic, especially when it's cold. By golly though, the birds don't half come down well with it when I do my bit - it patterns superbly and I've made some excellent shots of late.

 

Speed kills patterns and patterns kill birds. Use lots of good-sized shot at moderate velocity and it'll always be your fault if the bird flies on. :)

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