yickdaz Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 My dad had been watching a few stubbles close to home during the week and birds a plenty going on them one stubble was over-the boundary and with the wind direction today thats the field they wanted, great , only place we could get closest to them was on the hedge with our back to that field so wind was in our face now I hate setting up wind in face but no other choice birds coming from behind and side on flaring off on the wind made for difficult shooting but quality shooting really enjoyed it, tried out some fiocchi 24g 7s steel I didn't think they would be up to the job was really surprised by them and at £61 a slab I may use more of these on the pigeons had 104 on the clicker picked 93 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbert Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 Great result, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 Excellent bag of Pigeons considering the wind was in your face , also my pet hate . I have never used 24 gm cartridges but if they do the job , which they clearly do by what you got today then they are certainly worth giving them a try at £61 a slab . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted August 17 Author Report Share Posted August 17 5 minutes ago, marsh man said: Excellent bag of Pigeons considering the wind was in your face , also my pet hate . I have never used 24 gm cartridges but if they do the job , which they clearly do by what you got today then they are certainly worth giving them a try at £61 a slab . MM On the other hand i also bought a slab of 20g 24g steel 5s to feed the 20 bore £93 😱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 Very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 4 minutes ago, yickdaz said: On the other hand i also bought a slab of 20g 24g steel 5s to feed the 20 bore £93 😱 Strange that , with the same amount of shot and a slightly smaller case you would think they would be slightly cheaper , and £32 difference is quite a jump from £61 , I haven't bought any cartridges for a while but last year I was buying Velocity 28gm for just under £60 , no doubt they have gone up since then like everything else . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 51 minutes ago, yickdaz said: On the other hand i also bought a slab of 20g 24g steel 5s to feed the 20 bore £93 😱 the main reason I switched to air had enough of being robbed good effort there your getting a few lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellors Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 9 hours ago, yickdaz said: On the other hand i also bought a slab of 20g 24g steel 5s to feed the 20 bore £93 😱 On the other hand i also bought a slab of 20g 24g steel 5s to feed the 20 bore £93 😱. Assume they were gamebore. The fiocchi 20 gauge 24g 5s are £301 (£250 if you can get the vat off) a thousand and they really do the job. I've had 4 duffers though last batch not enough shot and sunk crimps awaiting a reply why from fiocchi i haven't had any since though. No there not loaded by lyvale.!!!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 Well done Daz, you have to shoot to suit the conditions and you did well. We as crop protectors have to be adaptable much like our quarry. A good report thanks for taking the time to report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 Nice one, must admit I’ll choose any other scenario generally than wind in the face but sometime you have no choice! If the pigeons are there it will work, just offering a different sort of shot and often less of them 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted August 18 Author Report Share Posted August 18 11 hours ago, mellors said: On the other hand i also bought a slab of 20g 24g steel 5s to feed the 20 bore £93 😱. Assume they were gamebore. The fiocchi 20 gauge 24g 5s are £301 (£250 if you can get the vat off) a thousand and they really do the job. I've had 4 duffers though last batch not enough shot and sunk crimps awaiting a reply why from fiocchi i haven't had any since though. No there not loaded by lyvale.!!!. Yeah Gamebore and I've had the fiocchi you mentioned from there at £75 it just slipped my mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellors Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 12 hours ago, yickdaz said: Yeah Gamebore and I've had the fiocchi you mentioned from there at £75 it just slipped my mind Hi. Thanks. I'm picking a load of the fiocchi 24g 5s this morning I'll see if they can get some 7s to try got to be worth it at that price especially less the vat. Can't see why 7s are so much cheaper though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted August 20 Report Share Posted August 20 Another great bag. Well done. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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