Thoughts on pellet counts for clays?

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Kevin McCormack

Harry had the edge but Tom can compensate without going to the heavier 1 oz. load. All Tom needs to do is order out some Spooky Dust Minimal Load Ballistic Enhancer (SDMLBE) from Ballistics Products. It's a little pricey at $74.99 per 6 oz. can, but compared to the retail price of other reloading components lately (not to mention factory ammo when and where you can find it), it will give him the edge he needs.

Kevin, is that the spray can or the buffer container?

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Kevin, is that the spray can or the buffer container?

I've got a container of the buffer in the handy gel formula and all you have to do is roll the shot in it to coat it, then bake it in an oven at 400* for one hour, let it cool and load away. I'll have some for sale at HH.

Once again the old axiom of; It ain't the arrow it's the Indian holds true here.

Frank may as well have mentioned my name as one of the 3/4oz. proponents as I just enjoy the total lack of recoil and the way it breaks targets. I load nothing but 7 1/2's and like my good friend Tommy P said "when you're on, you're on.

Yeah, my money is on Harry.

[Victor Wasylyna]

Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

Once again the old axiom of; It ain't the arrow it's the Indian holds true here.

Most shooters out there would be much better off if they focused more on trying to be the Indian and less on the composition of the arrow. Spreader loads are not the answer. Go shoot some clays.

-Victor

[John Davis]

As they say, I shoot 1 1/8 oz. because they won't let me shoot 1 1/4. And I shoot 8 shot in 16 yrd singles and first bird of doubles, 7 1/2 shot in handicap and second bird of doubles. I do all of this because the small muscle between my ears tells me so. Doesn't matter what the science is. If you believe it, it works.

[Quigley97]

Originally Posted by Victor Wasylyna

Most shooters out there would be much better off if they focused more on trying to be the Indian and less on the composition of the arrow. Spreader loads are not the answer. Go shoot some clays.

-Victor

When I started some 10 years ago one of the gentlemen I shot with gave me some great advice. He said "I watch you when we start on the course. You get in the box, call for the bird and shoot the bird. As we get half way through I se you thinking more. Don't think just call for the bird and shoot the bird. The less you think the better you shoot."
As mentioned before in this thread, try to be a better indian.

[Quigley97]

IMHO you can mull over all the science. You can mull over all the number of pellets of one size to another. You can mull over all the velocity of the ammo compared to the speed of the targets, if you have some way of knowing the speed of the targets.
It all boils down to one thing and one thing only, WHEN YOU ARE ON YOU ARE ON.

[Cold Spring]

Perhaps Tom and Harry can have a rematch in coming weeks, shooting together with the guns in this vignette and using the same load either 7/8 ounce of 7-1/2’s or 1 ounce of 8’s. Just sayin .....

[Researcher]

What would George Digweed do????

[Mike of the Mountain]

King Digweed would shoot from the hip with his full choke bbls at 100 yards and break every target. Just sayin'.

[10 bore]

I shoot all 7 1/2s. I found with alot of test patterns, the bigger the shot the tighter the patterns. But that what i found and that 7 1/2s shot better than 8s in 3/4, 7/8ths and 1 oz loads at 1150 fps.
Scott