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12-15-2011, 08:34 AM | #3 | ||||||
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Pattern
I will do it at 30 yards and report.
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12-15-2011, 08:49 AM | #4 | ||||||
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Edmund,
Just last week I was on a quail hunt with my 30" VHE choked M/F and used Remington skeet loads in #9's. I tried spreader loads in the left barrel and found little difference between the two loads. Just be patient and let them get out a little further. Mark is right in that smaller shot tends to open patterns a bit more. Good luck and have fun. 28's and quail are a marriage made in heaven. What gun is that with 24" barrels and F/F chokes? Daryl |
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28 gauge |
12-15-2011, 08:54 AM | #5 | ||||||
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28 gauge
It is a CHE with LOP that fits me well.
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12-15-2011, 09:02 AM | #6 | ||||||
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Sounds like a beautiful and interesting little gun. Not many 24" CHE 28's out there. Don't worry about the tight chokes and just shoot the old girl. The quail won't know the difference. Let us know how your hunt went.
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CHE |
12-15-2011, 09:05 AM | #7 | ||||||
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CHE
Will do and the best I can determine there are 3.
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12-15-2011, 11:37 AM | #8 | ||||||
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FWIW, a very experienced American friend hunting grouse and woodcock in New Brunswick gave up spreaders because he worried about hitting his dogs. He was using 28 gauge. I'd provide more information if he weren't convalescing hip replacement back home in Alabama.
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Dogs |
12-15-2011, 11:47 AM | #9 | ||||||
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Dogs
I would appreciate any help on this.I do not shoot low birds.I mean I do not.Maybe the pattering will help.I would rather shoot myself than shoot a dog.
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12-15-2011, 05:41 PM | #10 | ||||||
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A spreader would be something if it opens a pattern more than 2 choke measurements!
As for hitting a dog, a spreader will open a choke by inches. I reframe from pointing my shotguns within yards of my dog! Mark |
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