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Started by Marc, April 24, 2024, 03:01:12 AM
Quote from: Spring Creek Calls on April 24, 2024, 10:02:00 AMI also shoot the Ninja 8.5's in my 28 gauge. Plenty of pellets and excellent terminal abilities.
Quote from: Gooserbat on April 24, 2024, 02:13:21 PMThere's a reason #9 is the standard. It works, period, end of story. People who have no experience with tss try to wrap it up in the same package as lead. It's not. Now I've used everything from #8-9.5 and depending on gauge and payload I'll shoot the according shot size. However in no instance will I feel inadequate with #9.
Quote from: Marc on April 24, 2024, 05:29:53 PMQuote from: Gooserbat on April 24, 2024, 02:13:21 PMThere's a reason #9 is the standard. It works, period, end of story. People who have no experience with tss try to wrap it up in the same package as lead. It's not. Now I've used everything from #8-9.5 and depending on gauge and payload I'll shoot the according shot size. However in no instance will I feel inadequate with #9. How far out do #9's stay effective. Honestly, most of my shots are 35 or under, but "stuff" happens sometimes...Almost anything you can purchase will kill birds on target at 35 yards. Cheap lead target loads will kill them. I am purchasing these loads, cause non-toxic is required in my state, and I want the best load possible... Outside of the patterning process, I will likely shoot 3 shells per year, and even at $10 per shell, that is a lot less than I will spend on gas.I was looking at the #8's, but could be persuaded to purchase #9's.I would love to hear from guys that have shot multiple pellet sizes in TSS, and I would also enjoy hearing a perspective of how patterns look compared to Hevi-Shot type loads?[/quQuote from: Marc on April 24, 2024, 05:29:53 PMQuote from: Gooserbat on April 24, 2024, 02:13:21 PMThere's a reason #9 is the standard. It works, period, end of story. People who have no experience with tss try to wrap it up in the same package as lead. It's not. Now I've used everything from #8-9.5 and depending on gauge and payload I'll shoot the according shot size. However in no instance will I feel inadequate with #9. How far out do #9's stay effective. Honestly, most of my shots are 35 or under, but "stuff" happens sometimes...Almost anything you can purchase will kill birds on target at 35 yards. Cheap lead target loads will kill them. I am purchasing these loads, cause non-toxic is required in my state, and I want the best load possible... Outside of the patterning process, I will likely shoot 3 shells per year, and even at $10 per shell, that is a lot less than I will spend on gas.I was looking at the #8's, but could be persuaded to purchase #9's.I would love to hear from guys that have shot multiple pellet sizes in TSS, and I would also enjoy hearing a perspective of how patterns look compared to Hevi-Shot type loads?Honestly 60 is the new 40. I've killed around 50 birds with tss and saw another 30-40 get whacked. I've used 8, 8.5, 8/9 duplex, 9 and 9.5 in a 410. #8 is mean, like #2 lead with pattern density mean. It overkill but I like it. 8.5 is the happy medium. #09 is really all you need. (I saw a mis judged 82 yard kill with #9. Don't hate on it im just repeating what I saw.). 9.5 in my opinion is better for the smaller gauges.
Quote from: Marc on April 24, 2024, 05:29:53 PMQuote from: Gooserbat on April 24, 2024, 02:13:21 PMThere's a reason #9 is the standard. It works, period, end of story. People who have no experience with tss try to wrap it up in the same package as lead. It's not. Now I've used everything from #8-9.5 and depending on gauge and payload I'll shoot the according shot size. However in no instance will I feel inadequate with #9. How far out do #9's stay effective. Honestly, most of my shots are 35 or under, but "stuff" happens sometimes...Almost anything you can purchase will kill birds on target at 35 yards. Cheap lead target loads will kill them. I am purchasing these loads, cause non-toxic is required in my state, and I want the best load possible... Outside of the patterning process, I will likely shoot 3 shells per year, and even at $10 per shell, that is a lot less than I will spend on gas.I was looking at the #8's, but could be persuaded to purchase #9's.I would love to hear from guys that have shot multiple pellet sizes in TSS, and I would also enjoy hearing a perspective of how patterns look compared to Hevi-Shot type loads?
Quote from: Marc on April 25, 2024, 01:26:48 PMSo it would appear that there is a preference for #9's in TSS...Does anyone that patterns have a 40 yard comparison patterns between #7's, #8's, and #9's? PLEASE POST THEM UP!With steel, and with Hevi-shot, larger pellets pattern tighter... You might not have as high of a pattern density, but a larger percentage of the pellets fired will be within a 30" circle.I'll say this as well... I shoot with a bead only... A long shot for me is 40 yards, in part due to the of not be able to physically pick out a hold point on the bird past that range... In part due to the excitement and enjoyment level of having a bird in your lap, and in part due to my personal preferences/ethics. I KNOW I would be tempted to take longer shots with optics due to the improved physical capabilities of doing so, and in part due to the illusion of the bird being closer (due to looking through optics).So I am looking for a choke/shell combination that gives me some margin for error at 20 yards, and an effective pattern at 40 yards (and hopefully beyond), with reasonable recoil.
