Cartridge choice for pigeons

[Salmo]

That’s the ones , I love them and at just over £200 a thou can’t be bad 

Never used hull ..... should tho there British 

[51/50]

Proper Cartridges,Stone Dead 32G 5's,i can't fault them,they pattern well through every choke i have (Optima Plus & Teagues),used mainly on pigeons & corvids but also shot pheasants,ducks & a few woodcock with them,i've never tried the 32G 6's but i'm being gifted a slab of them soon & i'm looking forward to seeing how they perform.

[oldypigeonpopper]

2 minutes ago, 51/50 said:

Proper Cartridges,Stone Dead 32G 5's,i can't fault them,they pattern well through every choke i have (Optima Plus & Teagues),used mainly on pigeons & corvids but also shot pheasants,ducks & a few woodcock with them,i've never tried the 32G 6's but i'm being gifted a slab of them soon & i'm looking forward to seeing how they perform.

hello, is George still going ? not seen him on here a long while.

[London Best]

6 minutes ago, 51/50 said:

Proper Cartridges,Stone Dead 32G 5's,i can't fault them,they pattern well through every choke i have (Optima Plus & Teagues),used mainly on pigeons & corvids but also shot pheasants,ducks & a few woodcock with them,i've never tried the 32G 6's but i'm being gifted a slab of them soon & i'm looking forward to seeing how they perform.

DUCKS?

[51/50]

I haven't spoken to him in a while,he was up here last year delivering cartridges & all was well at that time,i hope he's back up to this area soon,stocks are getting low & i don't want to resort to having buy other brands.

2 minutes ago, London Best said:

 

Yep,ducks,inland,on a private flight pond.

Edited May 9, 2020 by 51/50

[London Best]

1 minute ago, 51/50 said:

I haven't spoken to him in a while,he was up here last year delivering cartridges & all was well at that time,i hope he's back up to this area soon,stocks are getting low & i don't want to resort to having buy other brands.

Yep,ducks,inland,on a private flight pond.

Still illegal.

[51/50]

When you're in Scotland & around 800 yards away from any water?

[London Best]

 Correct in those circumstances. But you mentioned a flight pond.

[51/50]

Yes,the birds were coming off & returning to the pond,all Mallard.

[London Best]

I’m sure you wouldn’t do anything illegal, it just jumped out at me in your original post.

[51/50]

I've never once in my life strayed onto the wrong side of the law & if i was to do it i most certainly wouldn't be doing it with any form of firearm!

[Salmo]

46 minutes ago, 51/50 said:

Proper Cartridges,Stone Dead 32G 5's,i can't fault them,they pattern well through every choke i have (Optima Plus & Teagues),used mainly on pigeons & corvids but also shot pheasants,ducks & a few woodcock with them,i've never tried the 32G 6's but i'm being gifted a slab of them soon & i'm looking forward to seeing how they perform.

Gifted  Not from George then 

44 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

hello, is George still going ? not seen him on here a long while.

Never heard a peep but he doesn’t gift very much . Decent cartridges mind but customer service leaves a lot do be desired 

[51/50]

🤣 no,one of the farmers i control vermin for.

[London Best]

41 minutes ago, 51/50 said:

I've never once in my life strayed onto the wrong side of the law & if i was to do it i most certainly wouldn't be doing it with any form of firearm!

The only way to be.

we’re gonna get along just fine!

[daisyrob1]

15 minutes ago, London Best said:

The only way to be.

we’re gonna get along just fine!

Phew! Wouldn't want to get the wrong side of the sheriff 🙄

[captainhastings]

31 minutes ago, daisyrob1 said:

Phew! Wouldn't want to get the wrong side of the sheriff 🙄

🤣

[51/50]

I received the Stone Dead 6's last night,as previously stated i've never used the 6's before,it'll be interesting to see how they perform.

 

As a matter of interest has anyone else used these 32G 6's on pigeons & corvids?,how do you rate them?

[TIGHTCHOKE]

I have used most of Georges 12 bore offerings and they are all very good, personally I preferred his 28 gramme 6s for Wood Pigeons.

[wymberley]

15 minutes ago, 51/50 said:

I received the Stone Dead 6's last night,as previously stated i've never used the 6's before,it'll be interesting to see how they perform.

 

As a matter of interest has anyone else used these 32G 6's on pigeons & corvids?,how do you rate them?

Don't want to rain on anyone's parade and I have noticed the gert big "P", but it cost me the price of 2000 cartridges to find out that the world's best components in the form of fibre wads do not like .742" back-bored barrels. That said, apart from which they do work but I found them a tad 'brisk'.

[51/50]

My go-to gun has an over-bored barrel so i shy away from fibre wads,none of my permission owners are fussed about plastic wads or not but i do try,when possible,to pick up as many wads as i can at the end of a session.

[B725]

My 725 is back bored but I always use fibre, never had a problem using them. 

[wymberley]

2 hours ago, B725 said:

My 725 is back bored but I always use fibre, never had a problem using them. 

Nor had I

[the hitman]

5 hours ago, 51/50 said:

I received the Stone Dead 6's last night,as previously stated i've never used the 6's before,it'll be interesting to see how they perform.

 

As a matter of interest has anyone else used these 32G 6's on pigeons & corvids?,how do you rate them?

I have used 30 & 32 g 6’s & 5’s from George and they are good punchy cartridges- and I prefer the 30g 6 for decoying.

When George first started out he manufactured a 30g no5.5 called proper pigeon in a navy blue case, which was a great cartridge.

I was once beating pheasants and one of the guns had forgotten to pack his cartridges and borrowed a few from the other guns. At lunchtime I offered him the 100 of George’s 30g 5.5’ s that I had in the car- he was so impressed that he ordered a few thousand for himself.

Hitman 

[Robertt]

Was decoying a while back using 28g 7's using True Cylinder and had 80 ish in the bag.

Ran out of 7's and went on to 30g 6's and immediately noticed a dramatic change with some iffy hits, which upset my dog as it was a very hot day.

Changed to 1/4 Choke and it was straight back to business as usual with a total of 142.

It brought home the practical difference that a change of choke / can make.

Since then I will not use True Cylinder with anything bigger than 7's.

But I'm only an occasional pigeon shooter and there are some real big hitters on this forum who can give the benefit of thier experience.

 

[wymberley]

23 minutes ago, Robertt said:

Was decoying a while back using 28g 7's using True Cylinder and had 80 ish in the bag.

Ran out of 7's and went on to 30g 6's and immediately noticed a dramatic change with some iffy hits, which upset my dog as it was a very hot day.

Changed to 1/4 Choke and it was straight back to business as usual with a total of 142.

It brought home the practical difference that a change of choke / can make.

Since then I will not use True Cylinder with anything bigger than 7's.

But I'm only an occasional pigeon shooter and there are some real big hitters on this forum who can give the benefit of thier experience.

 

Well posted.

I'm not a "real big hitter" - more like moderate and even that is on the downward curve now. However, pigeons remain pigeons and shot hasn't changed either. What your post does is not so much explain the benefit of some choke as it does to highlight the old and true saying that "pattern kills".