kody Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 just saw a vid on u tube the guy was testing plastic and fibre wads at 20yds modified choke blimy what a difference the plaswads were a lot tighter than the fibre more or less making the modified choke into a full choke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 test needs to be done at different distances with about 50 shots per condition for real meaning stats. however some shells / fibre and plastic variants produce light and day differences... i have seen a test by field sports, and wondered why not test more. i have minimal testing experiences with patterning, mainly subsonic shells on whitewash.... that raised a few eyebrows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 I just tried some fibre v plastic 20gauge homeloads and there didn't seem to be anything in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Shot does not spread continuously over the 40yds. The charge gets blown apart by air rushing through it. Thats because the pellets in front disrupts the airflow of the pellets behind causing them to move apart.. As the pattern opens up the pellets get further apart and interfere less with each others airflow. There may well be a massive difference at 20yds but by 40yds the two patterns will have self corrected and be about the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Whilst it`s useful to know how the two compare we`re often restricted to which wad we can use anyway. Some clay grounds allow plastic but many straw balers don`t and similarly with land we shoot on. The farmer whose fields I shoot on has no problem with plastic wads on his arable land but insists on fibre when shooting on fields he uses for livestock. For that reason I usually just buy fibre as that covers all eventualities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James1983 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Must admit I just buy fibre now as saves having to mess around making sure I have enough fibres in for when go to places that are fibre only. Plus I get used to shooting one cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exudate Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Must admit I just buy fibre now as saves having to mess around making sure I have enough fibres in for when go to places that are fibre only. Plus I get used to shooting one cartridge. My sentiments exactly. Fibre wads also pattern great in my Benelli M2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrowningB525 Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 If you can't hit it with fibre, you won't with plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY R Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Plas wads can make a difference over plain fibre wads, and equaly if you think back to the old winchester super xx wildfowling loads, which used wraper buffer and fibre wad felt inverted card cup etc, they worked as well if not better than any plas wad. I used to try and copy the old super xx wading as close as i could in reloads always struggled to get the inverterd card seals, made a die up but it was far too time consuming to be practical, heard they are available that work well but never seen one myself. Fibre are a little more expensive too which puts me off a bit, if i could get fibre wads as cheap as plaswads i would load them far more than i do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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