3.5 Extinction????

[tha bugman]

Y'all can shoot all the 3.5s you want..... I ain't that big a boy to endure hurting my neck and shoulder due to the recoil. It is not worth it.


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Already done it...don't recommend it.

[owlhoot]

Until I can't handle the recoil of a 3.5" shell I'll continue to throw 2.5oz of shot at turkeys. Bigger is better for me.

2.5 oz of 9's
Ol Gobble creates a bug free zone between him and the turkey!

[ddturkeyhunter]

Bought a lot of different boxes of shells to find what shoots best in my gun and the 3.5 did terrific in my gun. Kick I don't know, when I check for sight in I use a bench. And only need that one shot to kill the turkey and being so excited don't feel nothing. 

[idratherb]

never felt my 3.5" had much of a kick to feel the need to go to a 20 gauge

[longbeardbuster]

Can't see the 3.5 going away. I'm fine with my 3 inch. My new duck and goose gun is even 3 and lower.


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[Gooserbat]

hate to say it , but my 20ga shooting #9 tss will do any and everything a 12 ga 3-1/2" will do with factory loads in a lighter and less kicking package.

Exactly

[idgobble]

My 70 yr. old single shot 2 3/4" seems to kill them just as dead as my young friend's 3 1/2".   

[trkehunr93]

I go to the chiropractor already so whatever damage I do from the few 3.5" shells I shoot he corrects on a regular basis.


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[longbeardbuster]

My 70 yr. old single shot 2 3/4" seems to kill them just as dead as my young friend's 3 1/2".

Love the picture. I just bought a H&R single shot 12G full barrel. Always wanted one since I was 13 and my friend had one. Finally got it.


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[owlhoot]

Probably be around for a while.
I personally haven't used one in years,went 20 gauge a while back and see no need for anything else.
Can handle the recoil but just don't want to!

[SFCSNOW]

I'll never own another.

[aaron]

As someone else stated, 3.5" will
Continue on due to waterfowlers and steel shot.  Tss is legal for waterfowl, but when you are shooting 25+ rounds per hunt there aren't many guys who can afford that haha.  Steel is bad enough.

[Tennessee Lead]

I've dropped back to a 3" for now. I'm not saying I'll never shoot 3.5" again but as long as I'm getting the pattern I'm currently getting with a 3" I'm sticking with it.


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[Uncle Nicky]

Not going anywhere soon.

[Yoder409]

Not going anywhere any time soon, I don't think.

3.5" shells, in my experience, will USUALLY out perform any other lead shotshell given proper choking.  Run them through a gas gun and the recoil is a non-issue.  HTL raises the bar.  But not everyone is enthusiastic about the exorbitant price tag. 

I believe the 3.5" is safe for quite some time to come.