12 gauge cartridges

endasmail

just wondering wot gram or number cartridges lads hear use for shooting crows ,magpies etc i use the 28 gram for clays ,number 8 they are ,they feck all use for anything else though

Jonty

32gram 6's I find are good all rounders for pigeon, pheasant crows and bunnies

scuttlebutt

My cartridge bag has 36 no 5, 32 no 7, 30 no 6, 28 71/2 and 24 7 1/2 I find the 32 & 30 are the best for vermin I find the trap cartridges are too light

ayapatrick

28g 7 1/2's for the clays, 36g 5's for the foxes and 32/34g for pheasants, crows etc.
Last season i used 32gr 10's on pheasants, woodcock and snipe. killed pheasants very clean. only thing i noticed was i got alot of snipe and woodcock with their chest skin blown of with them. Gonna try 28's on the woodcock and snipe next year and stick with the 32's for pheasants.

greenpeter

ayapatrick wrote: »

28g 7 1/2's for the clays, 36g 5's for the foxes and 32/34g for pheasants, crows etc.
Last season i used 32gr 10's on pheasants, woodcock and snipe. killed pheasants very clean. only thing i noticed was i got alot of snipe and woodcock with their chest skin blown of with them. Gonna try 28's on the woodcock and snipe next year and stick with the 32's for pheasants.
Did you shoot many pheasants with 10's? We used snipe no7 32g last season and you had to be bang on or all you'd get is a cloud of feathers and a wounded bird which i cant stand.

ayapatrick

greenpeter wrote: »

ayapatrick wrote: »

28g 7 1/2's for the clays, 36g 5's for the foxes and 32/34g for pheasants, crows etc.
Last season i used 32gr 10's on pheasants, woodcock and snipe. killed pheasants very clean. only thing i noticed was i got alot of snipe and woodcock with their chest skin blown of with them. Gonna try 28's on the woodcock and snipe next year and stick with the 32's for pheasants.
Did you shoot many pheasants with 10's? We used snipe no7 32g last season and you had to be bang on or all you'd get is a cloud of feathers and a wounded bird which i cant stand.

7 or 8. dropped them all. And thats more than i had shot the previous 2 seasons put together! have to say they were shot at fairly short distance over the setter, wouldnt attempt anything major long. id be of the thinking that theyd be best suited for woodcock and the like but i used them to try them out basically, im goin to stick with 7's this year (because i have nearly a carton of them) and plus it gives more leeway i think! 6's or 7's should be plenty for the pheasant though

ak51535

I use 34g no. 5 for crows and the like, no complaints so far

pullandbang

The one problem with using trap cartridges it the extra antinomy makes them very hard (needed to break clays). The pellets will penetrate further into the flesh which can leave some birds inedible.
Game cartridges are softer and flatten on impact without penetrating into the flesh as much. This is not a problem when shooting vermin, but for pigeons etc. it can be an issue.

scuttlebutt

Now thats something i didn't know, thanks pullandbang

cavan shooter

I use the following:
32g no 6 on pheasant/pigeon/rabbit and duck all in half choke on the semi

also have a box of 34g 6s that I use for Duck

AAA for fox drives and (the odd grey nest)

7.5's or 8's for clays

Basically 6's

Trojan911

7's 32grn for magpie, pigeon etc. 5 (Open) choke.

4 & 5's 32 or 34grn for rabbit. 1 (Tight) choke.

0's (Magnum) for foxes. 2 choke.