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Offline Stilly bay

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Re: shot size for grouse??
« Reply #45 on: September 25, 2013, 07:36:16 PM »
a coach gun throws a huge pattern at 40 yards with enough holes in if for a grouse make it through with maybe some lucky strikes. the difference between a 7.5 and a 6 isnt much. the difference between a modified choke ( what you would want at 40 yards ideally) and the cylinder choke of a coach gun is gigantic!

unless your coach gun has chokes, then I don't know what to tell you, maybe you made a bad shot? but one "random" shell full of 7.5 pellets not killing one grouse isn't conclusive evidence IMO. it could have just as easily been the other way around.

ok Stilly... I'm telling you I used a Mod choke, And it was not a bad shot. I hit the bird. No penetration.... that was what I was trying to illustrate with my post.

And yes... one example doesn't make it so. I was just offering evidence to support my belief that #6's are much better.   :chuckle:

If you never collected the bird how do you know you hit it? How do you know there was no penetration?  :dunno:
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Re: shot size for grouse??
« Reply #46 on: September 25, 2013, 08:21:05 PM »
oh come on... you know what I mean? When there are feathers that get ruffled and the bird jumps like it was just hit with a tiny rock then when they fly off feathers fall off of them.
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Re: shot size for grouse??
« Reply #47 on: September 30, 2013, 02:29:43 PM »
i have no idea what size shot i should be using?? any help here

If you're gonna hunt in thick woods I would recommend you to use 6 ,but I use 7 1/2 all the time. Just get a Winchester 7 1/2 game loads and you will be fine. It's like $7 or $8 ...Good luck!

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Re: shot size for grouse??
« Reply #48 on: September 30, 2013, 02:44:08 PM »
I use 4s and 6s in my .410. havent lost a bird yet

 


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