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05-03-2015, 09:04 AM | #3 | ||||||
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Wayne,
No, they won't shoot denser patterns. What choke and shot size and how much shot? Forty to fifty yards is stretching any amount of shot in a short ten. Even if you are shooting 1.5 ounces, forty is the ethical maximum range of this gun. If you are using the low pressure data for the ten, the speeds are no where near a modern high power shell (1300 fps). Shoot at a very large sheet of paper and you may see the shot has dropped from point of aim at these distances. If you are shooting full chokes, use plated shot (copper), unsplit shot cups, and buffer. There are several loads on the short ten data that use wraps instead of SP10. These may work better also. Just my two cents. Others may disagree. |
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05-03-2015, 06:42 PM | #4 | ||||||
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05-03-2015, 09:23 PM | #5 | ||||||
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Pete,
I'm talking about crippling. We've all killed stuff at great distances, but fifty on large game birds is chancing it. The NWTF reccomends 40 yards as the maximum ethical distance to take turkeys. Now crows I'd go sixty plus in the short ten. An expert shot may kill every time at flying game at fifty yards with one and an eighth ounces of number 4s, but I can't and don't like to cripple. I've got no 10 Parkers with what I consider an extra full choke. Most around .035. I took a 3.5 inch Spanish ten double out Saturday with .045 in the left barrel. It shoots an ounce more shot than the average short ten load. How far is that good for? Fifty? Sixty? Off a bench yes. I'll stick with my opinion of forty and less is the ideal distance on game animals with a short ten full choke. When one tries to shoot at forty, one ends up shooting much farther every time. It's only natural to misjudge distances in the excitement of hunting. |
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05-03-2015, 10:38 AM | #6 | ||||||
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what Dave said. i can't believe i just said
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05-03-2015, 02:45 PM | #7 | ||||||
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I was using one of Charlie's favorite loads. 1/8oz no fours 19grs Red Dot in a Remington hull cut down to 2 7/8" with a Rem SP 10 wad and a Win 209 primer. I am not sure about the chokes on the gun. I don't have anything to measure them with properly. Still pretty limited on what you can get your hands on to load with in this area. Would 7625 be a better choice for hunting loads than Red Dot.
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05-03-2015, 02:56 PM | #8 | ||||||
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are you putting the filler wad in the bottom of your SP 10 wad? if not that will open up your pattern.
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05-03-2015, 06:26 PM | #9 | ||||||
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No 4 is pretty big shot. If you are getting holes in the pattern might try 6 or if committed to 4 move up to 1 1/4.
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05-04-2015, 09:32 AM | #10 | |||||||
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Maybe you don't have Pete's data? Go to the about the 9th reply and print the .pdf. Thanks for the spreadsheet Pete. http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...hort+load+data |
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