cartridges?

bird up

i have a side by side with fixed chokes,just wandering which cartridges ye use,size and make?using them on pheasant.

irish setter

32g 6 and 5 would be most common i'd say and it's what i use. some people use 7 early in the season

johnner1

irish setter wrote: »

some people use 7 early in the season

probably because they are left over from the pigeon sessions:D

Octopus

5's :eek:

I use a 32g No.7 in both barrells, i'll use a No.7 and a No.6 later in the season.

For pigeons I use a 28g No.7. I find I get a much better pattern and more outright kills than with the 32g No.7.

I use No.5's for duck, very heavy for pheasant.

pedroeibar

bird up wrote: »

i have a side by side with fixed chokes,just wandering which cartridges ye use,size and make?using them on pheasant.

Check the length of chamber - you would not want to put a 3" in a 2.5" chamber.
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meathstevie

32g 6's for nearly all my shooting.

elius

meathstevie wrote: »

32g 6's for nearly all my shooting.

Agreed do all my shooting with 32g 6s great accross the board....

westwicklow

+1

ronn

34g 7 in 1st barrel 32g 6 in 2 nd

mossfort

i use 32grm no6 for pheasant and duck.
i thought 28g would be a little light for a humane kill.

flanum

i thought i was a bit harsh... i use 32g 4's eley super game for most high pheasant an duck in bottom tube(3/4choke), 5's 30g in top(full choke) .. id have a few 6's in the belt for a low night flight....id carry a few 7and halfs in me pocket if i came up to a boggy field with rushes for the chance at a snipe (have never actually gone higher than than 7and half..).

Then again im open to everybody elses suggestions...

edit to add.. im a crap shot anyways so i go for the lower shell number... if i hit it its dead.. if i miss .. i miss completely, i dont pepper it!!

flanum

Time to re-assess my cartridge choice actually... this is a good thread.. maybe this could be re-titled and stickied as a guide.... if i had the time id love to set several splatter sheets at varying distances on my own permissions in my own time using every combination 3-9 shell and full to open/ top and bottom variations... a lot of variables!! clays on a fine july afternoon do not prepare ye for the horizontal rain/dog going haywire/snot running down your face.. wader full of water just as a cockbird/drake gets up in front of ye..

foxshooter243

flanum wrote: »

i thought i was a bit harsh... i use 32g 4's eley super game for most high pheasant an duck in bottom tube(3/4choke), 5's 30g in top(full choke) .. id have a few 6's in the belt for a low night flight....id carry a few 7and halfs in me pocket if i came up to a boggy field with rushes for the chance at a snipe (have never actually gone higher than than 7and half..).

Then again im open to everybody elses suggestions...

edit to add.. im a crap shot anyways so i go for the lower shell number... if i hit it its dead.. if i miss .. i miss completely, i dont pepper it!!

If I were moving on to an area with a good snipe population I would have something like an 8 or a 9 in the first barrel backed up by a heavier cartridge in the second chamber in case a rooster is flushed, our best snipe spot also has roosters in it, but the typical close rising snipe shots we get can be taken a bit out with an 8 or 9 , typically for standard bird hunting I agree with MS , 32 grain 6 s. The rio cartridge company sell snipe cartridges, which are no 9 shot .

Octopus

mossfort wrote: »

i thought 28g would be a little light for a humane kill.

Incorrect.
I only use 28g No.7's for pigeon shooting. I have found that after switching from 32g 7's to the 28G 7's I had a higher percentage of outright kills. Less of a chance of wounding pigeons = more humane.
I tried it after a tip I got from a friend of mine.

yessam

most side by side shot guns are fixed choked 3/4 and full. I would normally use 36g 6. but remember if you get a close shot on the full barrell with a 36g 6 you will destroy the bird. maybe it would be a good idea to put a good 7 in the first barrell. good hunting..

offdechain

I have to say i like to use a 36g longbrass 6 caccia on everything, from a long shot at a tick skined divers like tufftys, to a close shot at fleeing pheasant. Very like an ely alfamax for speed of shot, but half the price, but every shooter is diffrent. but whatever you choose make sure u stick to it cause you'll get the hang of the speed of the shot and how much lead to give. witch is the most important thing not the cartridge at all