TrapperReady
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I recently started using some of these shells on some game-farm birds while tuning our dog up for a trip to South Dakota. All I have to say is "Wow!".
The particular load I'm using is a 2 3/4" 16ga shell pusing 1 1/4oz of nickle-plated #5 shot at around 1260 fps. This is nearly identical (a little slower) than the 12ga handloads that I normally use for pheasants.
Every bird I've hit has been DRT, typically with at least one wing badly broken. Most shots I've taken have been around 30-35 yards, but I had one just shy of 50 yards today, and it was as clean a kill as you could hope for.
The recoil isn't as harsh as I thought it might be, even though the Ithaca 37 I'm using only has a hard butt-plate.
I'll be taking a box or two along with to SD, and I'll see how they work on the mid-season wild birds, but so far I'm very optimistic.
The particular load I'm using is a 2 3/4" 16ga shell pusing 1 1/4oz of nickle-plated #5 shot at around 1260 fps. This is nearly identical (a little slower) than the 12ga handloads that I normally use for pheasants.
Every bird I've hit has been DRT, typically with at least one wing badly broken. Most shots I've taken have been around 30-35 yards, but I had one just shy of 50 yards today, and it was as clean a kill as you could hope for.
The recoil isn't as harsh as I thought it might be, even though the Ithaca 37 I'm using only has a hard butt-plate.
I'll be taking a box or two along with to SD, and I'll see how they work on the mid-season wild birds, but so far I'm very optimistic.