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Originally Posted by Andrew Sacco
I saw one of Mike's birds come off of the hill on station 17 in very cold weather. I shot twice and it didn't break. WTH no way I missed it. It plopped down in the mud about 20' from me and didn't break. I a photo of it somewhere with about 3 pellet holes in it. Yeah, I imagine a number will not break that we think are a clean miss.
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Usually, 3 or more pellets will tear a bird apart. The scientific reason for 3 not taking a bird apart has to to with how fast the bird is spinning and where the pellets strike the bird. Those high and long incoming cliff birds, or any incomer, lose RPMs rapidly. Since they are showing a lot or all of the belly, you combine the lack of centrifugal force and the softest part of the target and you have a recipe for just punching holes in the target. I've found as many as 4 pellets through the belly. Never more than 4. So there you have it, your scientific clays lesson from Dr. Evil.