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  1. 03-04-2014, 04:57 PM #1
    Nathan F
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    Ammo for opening?

    I just picked up 500 rounds of 2 3/4" 1 1/4oz #4 shot for opening weekend. Mainly because all of our shots will be well inside 40 yds on the pond.

    It was an effective killer last year. Whats everybody else using?
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  3. 03-04-2014, 05:26 PM #2
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    I used 3s last year because they didn't have any 4s in stock. Preordering and changing to 4s this year. There is also the new 30g high velocity steel ammo from Falcon this year that could be worth considering for pond shooting.
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  4. 03-04-2014, 07:17 PM #3
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    I use Hypersonic 3" #3's but the last one out the spout is a tungsten.
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    Black cloud.... jokes.

    Whatever I can find, don't reckon it matters
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    Quote Originally Posted by PerazziSC3 View Post
    Black cloud.... jokes.

    Whatever I can find, don't reckon it matters
    Yip. mid range 3s or 4s 2-3/4 probably kent fast steel. If we can kill a couple hundred geese with 67mm 4s. Then it should be good enough for ducks.


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  7. 03-04-2014, 10:21 PM #6
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    lead, 6's or 7's or maybe the odd few 4's
    Trust the dog.........................................ALWAYS Trust the dog!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by mikee View Post
    lead, 6's or 7's or maybe the odd few 4's
    Are you going to be shooting clays? Over land and no water with 200metres?
    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dundee View Post
    Are you going to be shooting clays? Over land and no water with 200metres?
    12g for mud pie shooting only and............................................... ..20g or 28 for everything else. Mud pie gun too big and heavy to cart round. Apparently according to F&G anyway I will be smiting things left right and center,as 20g gauges have mystical propeties.

    Its a growing "movement" according to their research
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    I reckon I'd get by the season and be lucky to use over 2 boxes
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
    I reckon I'd get by the season and be lucky to use over 2 boxes
    Same....but heres hoping.....
    While I might not be as good as I once was, Im as good once as I ever was!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
    I reckon I'd get by the season and be lucky to use over 2 boxes
    Another good reason to leave the north island
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    Or come to the Far North with us
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    Gamebore super steel 2 3/4" 32gr #3-ducks
    Clever 2 3/4" 36gr #6 & Saga 28gr #7-upland
    7s in the first barrel & 6s in the second for upland
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
    I reckon I'd get by the season and be lucky to use over 2 boxes
    I know where you are coming from Toby, two boxes should give you your limit for several days of the season...these guys that buy 500 for opening weekend either have massive allowable limits or are rotten shots.
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    Which is worse, ignorance or apathy...I don't know and don't care.
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