Remington 4x6 Duplex loads?

[mcgruff1533]

I picked up a box of Remington 4x6 Duplex loads to try a few days ago, and I'm curious what percentage of the load is #4's and #6's.     I wanted some Nitro 6's but all the store had was #4's and the Duplex loads.

The shells are 3", 1-7/8 ounce and 4x6 shot.

I will be shooting them from my Mossberg 535 with a 20" barrel.

My available chokes are the following:

Wright's .650"

Indian Creek BDS .660"

Undertaker .665"

[Tom Foolery]

I think they have 1/4oz of #4's in them.

[Philippe]

I cut one of those open a while back and the amount of 4's in it is small, i'd rather shoot straight 6's.

[Longshanks]

My Rem870 shoots great patterns with those at 30yds but they really fall apart at 40yds.  I killed allot of turkeys with those in the 80's but my dad and i always focused on getting the turkeys inside 30yds.

[mcgruff1533]

I cut one of those open a while back and the amount of 4's in it is small, i'd rather shoot straight 6's.

Same here.    I wanted straight 6's, but it was either the duplex loads or straight #4's.    They were pretty cheap and I had the desire for a little experimentation once the weather warms up a little bit.

Doing the math, if those Duplex loads carry 1/4 oz of #4 shot with the balance being #6's, that should be a total count of roughly 398 pellets.

The payload is 1-7/8 ounces which would equate to about 33 #4 pellets and 365 #6 pellets.    I'll give them a try once the temps warm up a bit and I'll be slinging lead this Spring if they can put 100+ in the 10".

[surehuntsalot]

I have some 2x4  3" shells that I shoot in my 3" 1100 .690 fixed full choke from time to time