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Guns and cartridges have moved on a lot in the last few years 

dave Carrie is showing the capability of these combinations 

plenty of Wildfowlers pulling down ducks and geese at extreme range thanks to the development of aftermarket chokes and some of the non toxic shots available for Reloding 

personally like the development of the guns and ammunition 

and admire the guns who can shoot these combinations effectively 

i wonder just how high a bird you can kill especially with larger loads of hevi shot ?

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30 minutes ago, Old farrier said:

Guns and cartridges have moved on a lot in the last few years 

dave Carrie is showing the capability of these combinations 

plenty of Wildfowlers pulling down ducks and geese at extreme range thanks to the development of aftermarket chokes and some of the non toxic shots available for Reloding 

personally like the development of the guns and ammunition 

and admire the guns who can shoot these combinations effectively 

i wonder just how high a bird you can kill especially with larger loads of hevi shot ?

 

3mm TSS (No5) launched at 1250ft/sec retains enough energy per pellet to kill a goose at 100 yards.

Pattern wise I have not seen any long range efforts at the smaller sizes but....

The table also gives an idea of percentages of 2ft paper which would suggest a 49% pattern at 100 yards with TSS.

The Turkey video at the below link has a shot at 8 min 0 Sec of 2.5 Oz of No 9 at 75 yards. You can't see the numbers outside of the black area but it alone would convince me that with TSS and a suitable choke 75 yards pheasants is doable now (not cheap or easy on the shoulder but doable) and with a reliable kill rate (i.e. not chancing it with poor patterns as is often done now with lead loads).

 

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