Win Long Beard XR- what size shot for lead?

[Snoody Bastid]

I never trusted lead 6's at 40 yards.  I would go with the 5's if I were switching from HTL to them.  Then it is a matter of do you get sufficiently dense of a pattern.

My thoughts exactly..

[albrubacker]

#5 no doubt im getting 180's at 40 with the long beards

That is one sick pattern for 5 lead!

[owlhoot]

I never trusted lead 6's at 40 yards.  I would go with the 5's if I were switching from HTL to them.  Then it is a matter of do you get sufficiently dense of a pattern.

Agreed, with good patterns why not just go to the 5's?
With the longbeard 6 load being reported to be closer to lead 7's, that could be even more of a reason.

[Ruger M77]

Please try to think 40 and under instead of how long a shot can I make and what size shot will it take.

I agree but as long as manufactures are saying these are 60 and even 75 yard shells this is going to continue to come up.

At 40 yards the 6s are all you need but if you plan on stretching that distance and using 5s just make sure you pattern your gun and know the pattern it will produce at longer ranges. I watched a Zink show last night. They had a bird coming in but it stopped at what they called 50 yards. The guy with the gun shot and it looked to me like that bird got some lead in it but they said it was a clean miss. I think they took at shot they should of passed and wounded the bird. Know your gun and it's range and don't push it.

This is gonna happen more and more. Combine this tv shot with a million idiots, and it's the bird that suffers.
Making bad decisions with a truly 40 and under shell is a big mistake.

Zink uses hevi shot I believe

[Birdyblaster]

Please try to think 40 and under instead of how long a shot can I make and what size shot will it take.

I agree but as long as manufactures are saying these are 60 and even 75 yard shells this is going to continue to come up.

At 40 yards the 6s are all you need but if you plan on stretching that distance and using 5s just make sure you pattern your gun and know the pattern it will produce at longer ranges. I watched a Zink show last night. They had a bird coming in but it stopped at what they called 50 yards. The guy with the gun shot and it looked to me like that bird got some lead in it but they said it was a clean miss. I think they took at shot they should of passed and wounded the bird. Know your gun and it's range and don't push it.

I don't think there's such a thing as a "clean miss" from 40+ yards.  You'd have to aim about 2 feet to the side for not a single pellet to hit the bird.