Young guns Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 What do people think of the diamond . What meant to be better about them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 It’s highly polished and very round, not seen any better shot. Does what it’s meant to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 At the current cost of cartridges, I thought they ALL had 'diamond shot'. As far as I am aware, the 'diamond shot' was a Gamebore gimmick, used in their 'Blue Diamond' range. It is supposed to be harder than the average lead shot. I have used some in the past, but as I could not see any significant difference compared to any other cartridges, I just went back to using the cheapest I could find at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 Whitebridges how do you rate the paper case cartridges? i have tried a few some gamebore pure gold 30g 6 shot express 30g 6shot and some Eley can’t remember if Grand Prix or Impax never found any of them as good as the plastic case versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me matt Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) 21 minutes ago, figgy said: It’s highly polished and very round, not seen any better shot. Does what it’s meant to. The diamond shot in pigeon extreme isnt round. Edited December 10, 2017 by Me matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 Never looked at the pigeon carts, I did look at the shot in the clay carts and black gold game the shot in both was very good. Reason I looked I wasn’t sure they would use the same diamond shot in the cheap clay carts but it didn’t look any poorer. Wonder if you got a bad batch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me matt Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 5 minutes ago, figgy said: Never looked at the pigeon carts, I did look at the shot in the clay carts and black gold game the shot in both was very good. Reason I looked I wasn’t sure they would use the same diamond shot in the cheap clay carts but it didn’t look any poorer. Wonder if you got a bad batch. Ive just cut one open to be sure - they aren't round, they appear to have flat areas all round the shot, even on galss they roll around funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipper Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 Most people seem to think that shot to pattern well needs to be perfectly spherical.Have you ever seen heavy shot ?. Winchester made a cartridge years ago called trap200 a premium trap cartridge.the shot was anything but round. Going back years ago Game bore sold shot from Russia it was all shapes and sizes Thinking it would be rubbish I patterns some it shot the tightest patterns I've ever seen with small shot.Dipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 A Fool and his money, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8 shot Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Just another sales gimmick to charge an extra £70/1000 from Gamebore and i guess the same with Eley with copper coated shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me matt Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 8 hours ago, sitsinhedges said: A Fool and his money, lol. 32 minutes ago, 8 shot said: Just another sales gimmick to charge an extra £70/1000 from Gamebore and i guess the same with Eley with copper coated shot You old cynics you. The manufacturers invest large sums of money and time on developments like this, its often back up by much testing and analysing followed by developmental reports....... ballistics like everything - has to evolve. But hey- to some folk the world's still flat, americas still at war with vietnam and hovis is still delivered by bicycle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 The perfect shape for shot is a tear drop shape, supposed to fly more true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag12g Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 hi all, if its critical that the shot has to perfectly round why does a golf ball have dimples.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Sales gimmick used to catch the gullible! If the manufacturer can't prove it's different to any other shot....it probably aint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 2 hours ago, figgy said: The perfect shape for shot is a tear drop shape, supposed to fly more true. 59 minutes ago, ag12g said: hi all, if its critical that the shot has to perfectly round why does a golf ball have dimples.. Sound aerodynamic principles. If you wanted to pay for it then shot could also be made the same. The dimples achieve the same objective as Figgy's shape but make it easier to putt the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8 shot Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Oh...and they don't even put the true shot size on some cartridges now 6 are 5.5, 5 are 4 and so on.Wool wads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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