lowlander Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 what cartridges do you use for geese , i was going to get some 50 gram 3's for £12.50 a box, but just wondered what you would get first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I use Remington Nitro Steel in 3 1/2", they are 39grams and I use bb's and 2's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlander Posted November 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 and can you say how much you buy them for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest topshot_2k Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I used to use Tungsten 34gram, but this year i have swapped to 36g Steel 1 or 3's and had a lot of success. cheap too at £5ish for 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 what cartridges do you use for geese , i was going to get some 50 gram 3's for £12.50 a box, but just wondered what you would get first They would be lead then and therefore illegal to use on geese where you are based Anyone who does this and gets caught, and people have been, does this sport and the people who actually care for it a great deal of harm and will hasten us having to use non-tox for all shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight32 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Depends what gun you are shooting.......... you obviously can use 3" Depends what budget you have as well...... If you can afford good stuff use Hevi shot or Tungsten. If you are on a budget then 3" Lylavale or Gamebore mammoth-Cheap as chips and performs well too. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlander Posted November 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 i thought that you could get the 50 gram 3's in steel shot, not lead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I doubt that you could get 50 grams of steel shot in a 3" case. I may be wrong though. The 3 1/2" cartridges I use were £14.99 a box of 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Steel in mamonth 40 or 42 gr BBS are pretty good for close geese up to 40 yards , but you cant beat Hevi shot in 3s or Kent Impact Tungstun in 3s or 1s for longer shots. Forget about Bismuth in big shot sizes. They are fine for duck , but the bigger pellets fragment on hitting bone. I shot a couple of pinks this morning with mamonth 3s this morning , but I was expecting duck and they were close. I would not recoment anything smaller than 1s in steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjlfishing Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 ive shot 17 pinks in the last few weeks all with onunce and a quarter gambore mammouth 3s at various ranges out to id say 50 yards and had no problems at all its not realastic to shoot any further than 40 to 50 yards anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight32 Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 I doubt that you could get 50 grams of steel shot in a 3" case. I may be wrong though. The 3 1/2" cartridges I use were £14.99 a box of 25. No you are right MC you can't get 50 grammes in a 3" case. Max load in the newer factory loads because of the thicker wads is 36g. Winchester drylocks used to be a 1 3/8 oz in a 3" case but they were an earlier production cartridge which had the thinner wads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Last season I got some Winchester Dryloks with a steel load of 1 9\16s of US no 1s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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