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I shoot nothing but 9’s over my dogs on Means quail. Believe me when I say a 30 yards or less it’s deadly. I hear it leaves too much shot in the birds. That’s no my experience at all.
I have used 10 shot on pigeons and it will make a believer of you that the small shot is deadly. |
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08-18-2021, 04:27 PM | #4 | ||||||
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I like 9's in the early Woodcock season.
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08-18-2021, 04:38 PM | #5 | ||||||
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I love them for short work. In 3/4 oz 12g they are amazing for skeet. It's my preferred early season woodcock/grouse size for shot.
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08-18-2021, 04:38 PM | #6 | ||||||
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I have shot 9's for woodcock and bob whites while hunting. I have also used 9's on the clays course both as spreader loads and std 1oz. loads. You will need to check your patterns with which/what ever you use. They can be devastating on face type targets but may lack some on edge targets at distance.
I had a collegiate shooter that shot 9's as his first shot in trap doubles. He was really quick on the shot and all you saw was a puff.... Some trap shooters are shooting 8.5's from the 16 yard line also. 9's are the given choice for most skeet shooters. Just an FYI
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08-18-2021, 04:41 PM | #7 | ||||||
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It puts a lot more lead in the air.
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08-18-2021, 05:08 PM | #8 | ||||||
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Honestly I'd hate to say how many tons of #9's I've shot at skeet targets , dove and quail . In every gauge from 10 down to 410
FWIW I was shooting #9 light loads in my 26" barreled 10 gauge hammer gun last evening at skeet .
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08-18-2021, 05:26 PM | #9 | ||||||
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20 ga. #9 shot was all we used for Eastern Shore wild quail (bobwhite) over pointing dogs back in the 80's. I never noticed excessive shot in the birds.
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08-20-2021, 07:23 PM | #10 | |||||||
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The market hunter who introduced my grandfather to grouse used #10 shot out of an old sawed off colt double before market hunting became illegal. He shot for the New York city market. His birds wouldn't have been accepted if they had a lot of shot. |
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