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21 hours ago, Salmo said:

Used thousands on pigeons but just spotted these and I have a thing for American carts 

If it is made in America cartridges you have a thing for I doubt these are made in America with  Bourre Grasse on the box for fibre wads.

why not phone Just Cartridges and ask them in what country they are made, I would guess France or Italy.

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On 26/08/2024 at 06:27, TIGHTCHOKE said:

The good old days.   :good:

Really  ?   Shooting 32 grams at everything. After 100 Trap or Skeet, I would be bruised for a week. Did 100 sporting today with a mix of 24 and 28 gram Fiocchi cartridges, never as much as felt it. With ported barrels and an Isis recoil pad, hardly felt the gun go off. I know which I prefer  😆

I was looking at a box full of AA's 32 gram whilst cleaning my gun.

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On 04/09/2024 at 20:54, Westley said:

Really  ?   Shooting 32 grams at everything. After 100 Trap or Skeet, I would be bruised for a week. Did 100 sporting today with a mix of 24 and 28 gram Fiocchi cartridges, never as much as felt it. With ported barrels and an Isis recoil pad, hardly felt the gun go off. I know which I prefer  😆

I was looking at a box full of AA's 32 gram whilst cleaning my gun.

I shot loads of the standard 32g cartridges at clays from 1983 onwards, Winchester AA were a particular favourite.

9 hours ago, redial said:

Those bruises were a good indicator although uncomfortable of gun mount.

My shoulder and arms used to be pebble dashed indicating poor gun mount but still miss the old Double AA Trap.

I am fortunate in having always had guns that fitted me and a reliable gun mount.

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10 hours ago, redial said:

Those bruises were a good indicator although uncomfortable of gun mount.

My shoulder and arms used to be pebble dashed indicating poor gun mount but still miss the old Double AA Trap.

 

 

I don't think my 6 1/4 lbs AyA No.2 helped either. But I was in my mid twenties then  !  😄

10 hours ago, redial said:

Those bruises were a good indicator although uncomfortable of gun mount.

My shoulder and arms used to be pebble dashed indicating poor gun mount but still miss the old Double AA Trap.

 

 

Oh, I quite agree. In the early 1980's I bought a Westley Richards and had it fitted by the makers. As a game gun, I could not have bettered it. It weighs 6lbs. 3ozs. and I have shot 32 gram through that without noticing any recoil.

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10 hours ago, redial said:

Those bruises were a good indicator although uncomfortable of gun mount.

My shoulder and arms used to be pebble dashed indicating poor gun mount but still miss the old Double AA Trap.

 

 

My current clay gun, stock fitting at it's best  !

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On 06/09/2024 at 06:50, TIGHTCHOKE said:

I shot loads of the standard 32g cartridges at clays from 1983 onwards, Winchester AA were a particular favourite.

I am fortunate in having always had guns that fitted me and a reliable gun mount.

Well done that man.

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I use RC Professional Game which are 28 gram, suitable for 2 1/2" chamber 12 bore, Italian #7 which is English 6 1/2 size. Not quite exactly the same as the sadly missed Winchster GB but still in a red plastic case! Having said that for the last day of last season I went and revisted my late father's "go to" pheasant load of 1 1/8 ounce English #5 which certainly folds these large birds dead in the air.

https://shootingstarcc.co.uk/cartridges/rc/professional-game/

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15 hours ago, stockybasher said:

Do you not get friction from the enlarged rubber-based ( ?? ) recoil pad ??

Would you expect to get friction from ANY current shotgun, all of which have one form of rubber pad fitted by the manufacturers  ?  I have never seen a shooter burst into flames yet, but I suppose there is a first for everything  !

Until you have experienced the virtues of an Isis pad, which I have, it is hard to explain their recoil dampening qualities. I have a collection of different recoil pads, including those claimed to 'eeze' recoil.......they don't. 

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