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Originally Posted by charlie cleveland
i have a book that recommends full choke for buckshot....i have yet to find the perfect choke and gun for shooting buckshot... charlie
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Buckshot causes GREMLINS
I've read stuff that claimed big buck meaning 0 or larger you needed IC or cylinder .
Now I've loaded EVERY size from 00000 down to #4 in 10 gauge guns and 90% of the guns I've shot the stuff in were tight and tighter then well you understand . Anyway I've gotten very decent results with the bigger buckshot in the tight tight barrels .
And the small stuff like #2 and #3 buck has pretty much only done well in the tight tight barrels .
But bear in mind my parameters for buckshot are 25 yards on paper and rarely if ever do I shoot buck at a deer over 30ish yards . So the doggers that shoot deer on drives at 60+ yards would have no intrest in what I do and that's perfectly fine , I do what I try and do to please myself and so far it's worked relatively well
For 12 gauge double loads I've pretty much settled on 0 buck only in 2 3/4" handloads . In the 3" 12's I shoot whatever factory I have on hand #1 , 00 or 000 .
For the 16 I've had wonderful results with handloaded #1 but I may see how 0 works if I get a chance to mess with it this spring/summer .
In the 20 gauge I've loaded both #2 and #3 with excellent results in my Parker VHE and Sterlingworth both are M&F .I bought some Euro #1 buck loads for the 20 they shot well enough for deer inside 30 yards but didn't print as well as my handloads on paper . Down the road I may try and make a decent #1 20 gauge handload .
In the 28 I was fortunate and got decent #1 , #2 and #3 buck handloads right off the bat . And I'm 2000% sure that is about as small as I go with the buckshot thing . Only other option is if I get a nice old hammer 8 gauge Irish gun I'm kinda after . And if I acquire that I'm 99% sure that one will get big buck
