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Originally Posted by William Davis
Pete
No doubt about it # 6 will kill at distance. When I hunted Ducks with Lead # 6 was all I used. Problem with the 6's for me is shooting light shot loads in SxS's I don't think I get enough pellets. Look at it this way, all from internet charts. nothing actually counted
For my 12 g loads
1 oz load # 7 296 pellets
1 oz load # 6 222 pellets
For my 10 G loads
1 1/8 oz # 7 331 pellets
1 1/8 oz # 6 308 pellets
Of course I could bump the 12's to 1 1/8 and 10's to 1 1/4. I have some RST 1 1/4 # 6 and they recoil too much in my 9 1/4 lb Ithaca Super 10. Not so bad in my 10 lb Parker Hammer 10. Never liked Factory 1 1/8 oz in 12 G Parkers either.
Good thing about loading is you can get it exactly like you want it.
William
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Not to pick on you William but I always find it humorous when a fellow crow hunter worries about pattern density when using #6. Trust me they will dump them consistently at any range you dare to shoot, even with open chokes. With tight chokes they are never getting though it.
Here are patterns through a Remington 10ga 1894 and 12ga 1900, these are both 1 1/8 ounce loads at 40 yards. The 12ga has a mere .024 of choke. Scott has a picture somewhere of a 7/8 ounce pattern of #6 on the life size vitals of a crow at 40 yards. If centered the bird would not survived.
PS. Your pellet counts are off, at least for #6. Most charts cite 225 per ounce. My hand count for pattern test below was 253 for 1 1/8 ounce.