Thread: Buckshot

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

My grandfather used to make them on the kitchen table, pry open a case drip wax from a candle onto the shot till it was full. Poor man's solids.

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The tip I heard was to tip the shot onto a saucer and heat it in the oven then pour the shot back into the shell and pour the molten wax into the shell, the heated shot allows the wax to flow down the shot column.

NB Total disclaimer regarding safety of this being suitable for all or any shotguns!

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

Did anybody use ‘waxed’ loads?

Hint: mark them so you know not to use them on ducks/small game!

Or cut shells?

Originally Posted by Cordite

Or cut shells?

Oh here we go.... Whenever someone comes along and tells of using cut shells to smash over deer,pigs at hundy yards I offer same challenge. Three shots group at 75 yards please and post up photo of results...thus far no one has taken it up.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Oh here we go.... Whenever someone comes along and tells of using cut shells to smash over deer,pigs at hundy yards I offer same challenge. Three shots group at 75 yards please and post up photo of results...thus far no one has taken it up.

Mmm never done the. But yes, that would be interesting to try

MD, eat your hat.

I can inform you, Taofledermaus had impressive results from cut shells out to some 1000 to 1200 cm.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLXSCOFHEo

Originally Posted by Cordite

MD, eat your hat.

I can inform you, Taofledermaus had impressive results from cut shells out to some 1000 to 1200 cm.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLXSCOFHEo

Centimetres is for dressmakers!

The only time I shot from a helicopter I used my REM 1100 and oo buckshot 9 pellet, it polaxed everything I shot at. Most shots about 25-30 yds.
I tried it on paper once and using the mod chock six out of nine were on the paper, switching to full chock all nine hit , this was at 30 yds.
One goat i shot was about 50 yds away on a bluff and he went down no worries , great fun shooting goats out of a chopper.

Originally Posted by Mooseman

The only time I shot from a helicopter I used my REM 1100 and oo buckshot 9 pellet, it polaxed everything I shot at. Most shots about 25-30 yds.
I tried it on paper once and using the mod chock six out of nine were on the paper, switching to full chock all nine hit , this was at 30 yds.
One goat i shot was about 50 yds away on a bluff and he went down no worries , great fun shooting goats out of a chopper.

Ran a Benelli M1 with a Patternmaster. To say it poleaxed any thing would be an understatement. You cannot believe how effective a shottie is on deer.

I have only used the 9 ball in my 20ga once but it dropped a big billy at 30 yards that decided to pop up when jump shooting some ponds

Growing up hunting a central north island pine forest for pigs with shotgun only rules i have shot many critters with shotguns and have tried many different loadings.
A short H&R single with sights was good with the Breneke slugs out to 50yds but running targets were hard.
Buckshot was worse until we changed guns to the Baikal with its super long and tight choked barrel. We were consistently dropping pigs out to 50yds and would put enough pellets in to slowup the 50-75yds ones that the dogs would sort them.
I went a step further and started to carry my Rem 11-87 duck gun full of 00 and mod choke and had great success.
With shotguns more than any other guns you have to match the load to the gun or barrel or choke.
You should pattern any load before hunting with it. We found a huge difference in performance between Buckshot loads. Not always related to price.
We shot everything from cheap as chip bulk shells to super expensive the latest and greatest and tried to better them all with reloads but by far the best across the board loading was the winchester 9 ball buffered 00.
Even though i dont do much shotgun slinging now i recently set out to try and improve on our old findings but again the reloads fell short but think i stumbled onto a winner. I bought a case of winchester 2.75" Buffered 16 ball #1Buckshot loaded with steel shot wads.
Watch this space

Originally Posted by 338MAN mk2

Growing up hunting a central north island pine forest for pigs with shotgun only rules i have shot many critters with shotguns and have tried many different loadings.
A short H&R single with sights was good with the Breneke slugs out to 50yds but running targets were hard.
Buckshot was worse until we changed guns to the Baikal with its super long and tight choked barrel. We were consistently dropping pigs out to 50yds and would put enough pellets in to slowup the 50-75yds ones that the dogs would sort them.
I went a step further and started to carry my Rem 11-87 duck gun full of 00 and mod choke and had great success.
With shotguns more than any other guns you have to match the load to the gun or barrel or choke.
You should pattern any load before hunting with it. We found a huge difference in performance between Buckshot loads. Not always related to price.
We shot everything from cheap as chip bulk shells to super expensive the latest and greatest and tried to better them all with reloads but by far the best across the board loading was the winchester 9 ball buffered 00.

This is excellent advice, and mirrors my own experiences.

Absolutely essential to pattern test your gun, choke and buckshot load at the kind of distances you intend to use it. I also prefer the Winchester Super-X buffered 9-ball 00 load, and found Modified choke to be the best for my own shooting at 30 - 40 yd. Quarter choke only good to 20 - 25 yd, and Full choke often blows the pattern apart.

For effective performance on goats, pigs & fallow I like to have at least 8 out of 9 pellets within a 2 foot circle at 30 yd.

Good thread really...9 balls launched from the shotty have been used on many different occasions from Wallabies through to Thar.
From up above the ground roos had no chance at all having those 9 balls thrown their way.
A late friend used them extensively on the Thar..deadly. Solids were fun but another story eh.

1000-1200cm equals 10-12 METERs. Not hundy yards!!! At 5 meters a wad follows birdshot into pig with no alterations.

@Micky Duck, afterthought, I might gave gotten it past your BS filter if I said 100 - 120 dm.

Yes, the Taofledermaus results would have been more impressive with cut buckshot shells.

It's also about 59 links six and a half fathoms, 26 cubit or 52 spans as if it wasn't confusing enough already