We're going to take what we learn, and add it to what we already know. As I stated before, I use nothing smaller than number 7 1/2s on game birds, with the caveat that I hunt (mostly) Western locales. I have killed plenty of grouse, but my preferred load has been an ounce of 7s.
Though my bird hunting experience spans about 50 years, the vast majority of birds I have killed have been box birds in the ring. That's where I met Chuck, some 30 plus years ago. Chuck, has made a life time study on what it takes to put a bird down, and can tell you with certainty, what size pellet will break a wing, at what yardage, and what any of the mainstream shot sizes are doing at whatever yardages they are still in the air. Despite what we already know, our collective knowledge on down range ballistics stops at shot size number 9.
My first reaction was to pooh-pooh the use of 10s on anything larger than dragon flies, but based on what I have learned here, 10s have been used quite successfully by some here, and evidently by enough old timers, that we just have to take a look, and see what we can learn.
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