Sureshott Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Hi all, can someone advise me on what to use on crows and pigeons. Its getting expensive to shoot at £7 a box. What would be the advice on a cheap cartridge to do the job. Or am I using them. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 What are you using at the minute ? , there really are no "bad" cartridges and any 30-32 gram 6 should suffice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1961 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Try clear pigeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sureshott Posted March 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Sorry fellas should have said I have been using Lyalvale Express Supreme Game. I am not sure if £7 is too expensive or not. Seeking a rough price if anyone knows. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lksopener Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 I'd recommend some eley pigeon select in 30 gram 6 fibre are £170 per thousand. Or I have been using for the last couple of years gamebore velocity 29 gram 6's. There's really no need to pay more than £200 for thousand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defender Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Some say clay cartridges work on pigeons too and they're cheep but I'm not speaking from experience as I only shoot clays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Some say clay cartridges work on pigeons too and they're cheep but I'm not speaking from experience as I only shoot clays 28g 7.5's are quite sufficient on pigeons. Crows are a bigger bird and I wouldn't use less than a 6 of 30g. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 You will certainly get some effective cartridges cheaper than £7 a box . Some cheaper alternatives I can recommend are Fiocchi pigeon 32 which are a 32 gram load of 6s and Trust 32 gram 6 which are actually a 5.5 . RC2 28 gram 6 (5.5 ) and NSI OK game 30 gram 6 . All those will come in at under £50 a slab and some of them are nearer £40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sureshott Posted March 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 " £50 a slab " is that £50 per 100 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) A mate got some Rio target 28 gr loads of no 6 shot for £37.29 for 250 shells. the other week. A good load for pigeons. Edited March 22, 2016 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenlivet Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 " £50 a slab " is that £50 per 100 ?A slab is 10 boxes, ie 250 carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Hi all, can someone advise me on what to use on crows and pigeons. Its getting expensive to shoot at £7 a box. What would be the advice on a cheap cartridge to do the job. Or am I using them. Thanks hello, where are you located? £7 seems high unless you only buying 1 or 2 boxes a go, worth a look at those Rio if you can buy local, long time back when i started shooting you could buy cartridges for less than an old pound a box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 28-30g 6 are around £175 per 1000 so £95 per thousand cheaper than what your paying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sureshott Posted March 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 (edited) You are all right regarding prices. Got some Lyalvale Express English Sporter at £4.50 a box or £32 for 250. Anyone used these ? Edited March 22, 2016 by Sureshott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Roo Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 (edited) You are all right regarding prices. Got some Lyalvale Express English Sporter at £4.50 a box or £32 for 250. Anyone used these ? Have used these on clays many times and found them to be a good cheap effective cart. As others have said (poss read on other posts), a load like this (28g 7.5's from memory??) should do the job nicely. Edited March 22, 2016 by Andy_Roo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sureshott Posted March 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Thanks for all the replies and yes Andy they are 28g 7.5's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipper Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Used quite a few NSI UNO last season on the pheasants .Thay were 1oz 5 felt wad but on inspection they were 4/ 1/2 I had a few very long kills . Best bit they were 4 .70 a box about 175 per 1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinfireman Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 " £50 a slab " is that £50 per 100 ? 250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) Always going to be more expensive buying by the box. Even the most expensive RFD near me does 28G 7's for about 45 quid for a slab (250). Edited March 23, 2016 by Wingman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sureshott Posted March 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 It would nearly be worth making a day away with the family and going else where for cartridges if that was the case, that and the brownie points go up, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theinvicta Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 I shoot thousands of crows per year and I have found that my best results are from the Italian #6's on crows. They are equivalent to uk #5.5 and are a brilliant all year shell, from early season decoying to late season when the crows start getting wary of the decoys and you then have that bit more punch when required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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