Continental Shooter Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Hi folks, At the moment i am reloading ITX-10 but: i am running out of it and i want to rethink the whole concept as it is extremely expensive to shoot at any rate. So, the idea is to reserve it for geese -or the odd long shot- with steel as the alternative for close® in shot So, whilst i get my steel gear sorted out; what would your preferred shells be? the other issue is availability in Scotland; checekd few web sites that do delivery, and also some in Scotland, but there seems to be limited choice (especially on pellet size). Any help lads? Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraai Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) Rotweill. gamebore.rc. mirage clever. And in 76mm rio.b&p and mary arm...with all thes steel carts a have shot in my 20 en whith all verry happy Edited October 22, 2017 by Kraai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberFowl Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 I have rc atomicline 24g 3s steel for my 20bore Working for me on the geese Where in Scotland are you? Could sell you a couple boxes if your local Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.5x55SE Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Hi folks, At the moment i am reloading ITX-10 but: i am running out of it and i want to rethink the whole concept as it is extremely expensive to shoot at any rate. So, the idea is to reserve it for geese -or the odd long shot- with steel as the alternative for close® in shot So, whilst i get my steel gear sorted out; what would your preferred shells be? the other issue is availability in Scotland; checekd few web sites that do delivery, and also some in Scotland, but there seems to be limited choice (especially on pellet size). Any help lads? Cheers, As you already reload personally I'd reload your own.I've lost count of geese I've shot this season with 7/8oz steel 3's Thursday night i scored another Triple on Honkers and they kill 🦆 equally as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Shooter Posted October 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 AberFowl, i'm in Edinburgh; not quite 'local' but thanks. where do you buy yours? 6.5x55SE: i never reloaded steel; i'm an old school boy LOL. I only got 800X and Tecna (waiting on Steel by November) and waiting on some steel pellets from C&G; I got the BPI manual but this is unchartered territry for me so, feel free to pass on anything you think it'll do the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.5x55SE Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) AberFowl, i'm in Edinburgh; not quite 'local' but thanks. where do you buy yours? 6.5x55SE: i never reloaded steel; i'm an old school boy LOL. I only got 800X and Tecna (waiting on Steel by November) and waiting on some steel pellets from C&G; I got the BPI manual but this is unchartered territry for me so, feel free to pass on anything you think it'll do the job Have a look on www.duckhuntingchat.comAlso if you Google 20ga steel shot load data you will find Dave in AZ who is on DHC he has published tested data for 20ga Non Toxic. I use B&P 24 (70mm loads) and B&P28 (76mm loads) wads which I get from Siarm. If you don't already use him try Ed at Edinburgh Rifle and Shooting sports for powder etc.ed@ersg.com Good luck Edited October 23, 2017 by 6.5x55SE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberFowl Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 AberFowl, i'm in Edinburgh; not quite 'local' but thanks. where do you buy yours? 6.5x55SE: i never reloaded steel; i'm an old school boy LOL. I only got 800X and Tecna (waiting on Steel by November) and waiting on some steel pellets from C&G; I got the BPI manual but this is unchartered territry for me so, feel free to pass on anything you think it'll do the job I got a from Hunters Cabin at Lumphanan, not something he usually stocks (nor does anywhere else it seems) but he was able to get a few slabs added to his last order from RC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 stick with the itx mate, you might hate steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Shooter Posted October 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 6.5x55SE, i've already seen Dave in AZ's posts, good lad very knowledgable and informed. Checked some of his loads but waiting on paowde. On the other hand, i never new of ERSG... which is odd; but hey! Sent an email to Ed (thanks BTW) and see what he comes back with. Cook, i'm not abandoning ITX, just trying to figure out a load which is not only good on stats... the 2 i proofed are good enough in terms of pressure and speed (maybe on the slow side of it according to BPI)... but they don't pattern as i would have hoped... besides it's becoming a costly excercise to pattern them in search of a decent spread I've already went throuigh almost 1 Kg of it ... and not particularly happy with the patterns. Will stick to #2 for geese until i get the hang of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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