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Originally Posted by Dick Miller
So far everyone has overlooked the fact that Calvin stated that he was going SNOW GOOSE hunting---the feathered version of a Sherman tank compared to Canada geese. Honestly, I don't think that he can safely stuff enough powder and shot into that NH 10 to consistently kill those armor-plated SOB's !
JMHO
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Compared to the Giant Race of Canada Geese we shoot in Michigan the snows are easy to knock down at long range. They don't have the heavy feather, thick breast fat, meat and breast plate and size of the 10-13lbs of honkers we knock down up here.
With that said, I have had problems knocking down Canada geese late season with Sherman Bells 1 1/8oz SR7625 (30grains) load. Through my chronograph the load is in the 1200 f/s range at 80-90 degrees F and drops down to about 1000-1100 f/s at 30 degrees F. It works great for sporting clays in the summer but doesn't have the velocity that is needed for long range shots at much of anything. Good luck getting very many shots at snows inside of 50 yards. You need to get a load of #2 to BB non toxic up to about 1200 f/s to make good kills on geese. I have loaded up a 12ga load that smacks them good but haven't had a chance to work on a heavier, faster, reliable 10ga load. The 12ga load I have had good luck with is in the Hodgdon manual. Federal gold metal hull, 1 1/4oz #2 bismuth, 31 grains Longshot, Win.209 primer, WAA12 wad (not the best option because the shot goes up and over the wad...I had the wads laying around and needed to use them up) at about 1300 f/s and 8000 psi....flat out knocks big early season canada geese at 60 yards. Recoil is mild out of a #1 frame 30" bbls Parker (I don't know the weight of the gun). Out of a super black eagle on a 60 degree F day I got 1340 f/s . I would love to use a pile of these shells on snows. Maybe next year I will make it back out there. Taking a season off this spring.
Kurt
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