Saltings Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 used to shoot victory changer 5s back in the day on pigeon mid seventy's onwards ratios were better than shooting 7.5s pigeons are tough so still shoot 5s as grandad taught me don't wound kill clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr gen Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 On 14/03/2020 at 15:33, Farmboy91 said: I know jockers come in a 5 and 6, I find them quite punchy even though the auto though. Edit, only seen them in plas wad too. jokers are a great cartridge the last ones i bought were £5.45 a box or rather bag. They do come in fibre, plas wads are orange fibre are blue. I have been using the fibre on everything from pigeons to pheasant. The only trouble I have with them is getting a constant supply as at that price they don't stay on the shelves long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 48 minutes ago, Mr gen said: jokers are a great cartridge the last ones i bought were £5.45 a box or rather bag. They do come in fibre, plas wads are orange fibre are blue. I have been using the fibre on everything from pigeons to pheasant. The only trouble I have with them is getting a constant supply as at that price they don't stay on the shelves long. My local RFD did initially do them from 21g to 32g in 7.5 to 5's but he doesn't stock as many now. The 24g clay load we're ok, I think the last lot of 32g 5's were £5.27. I just can't get on with them, there's not one gun I've put them through where they were pleasant enough for me to shoot constantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr gen Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 32g 5's are quite punchy in my SxS but i find them ok in my 525. saying that i am an 18 stone lump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted March 18, 2020 Report Share Posted March 18, 2020 12 hours ago, Saltings said: used to shoot victory changer 5s back in the day on pigeon mid seventy's onwards ratios were better than shooting 7.5s pigeons are tough so still shoot 5s as grandad taught me don't wound kill clean Unfortunately, using 5s won't mean wounding can't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hitman Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 I bought 1000 Trust 30g no6 which I suppose is a UK 5.5 for £215. I actually bought them for pheasant and they did the job well, and have shot some high roosting pigeons so all good and a reasonable price. Hitman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 On 18/03/2020 at 13:35, motty said: Unfortunately, using 5s won't mean wounding can't happen. very true. but that can happen with any shotsize. i like 5s and 4s in big sizes. just for slower speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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