GigaBuist
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Saturday I took a newbie out to the range and while walking out to check targets he asked what all those plastic things were on the ground.
Well, they were shotgun wads, and I explained what they did.
It got me to wondering though, what did they use previous to plastics for a wadding. Cardboard? Paper? Is there a huge difference in performance among them? Heck, did shotguns always use wadding? I have no idea.
Oh, and that trip is part of the reason why I haven't posted another Saiga 20 patterning spread. I want to do it, but taking a total newbie to the range sounded like a much better idea. I got him some trigger time on an 1894C in .357, an AR-15, Walther P22, CZ-75B, Ruger Vaquero in .44mag, and a S&W 1911SC.
He wants to go again, so the next trip has me thinking shotguns (trap) and scoped rifles at 100+ yards.
Well, they were shotgun wads, and I explained what they did.
It got me to wondering though, what did they use previous to plastics for a wadding. Cardboard? Paper? Is there a huge difference in performance among them? Heck, did shotguns always use wadding? I have no idea.
Oh, and that trip is part of the reason why I haven't posted another Saiga 20 patterning spread. I want to do it, but taking a total newbie to the range sounded like a much better idea. I got him some trigger time on an 1894C in .357, an AR-15, Walther P22, CZ-75B, Ruger Vaquero in .44mag, and a S&W 1911SC.
He wants to go again, so the next trip has me thinking shotguns (trap) and scoped rifles at 100+ yards.