2 3/4" buckshot vs 3" buckshot

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Which would you pick? (Brand in question is Winchester Super X).

I took the 2 3/4" stuff because it advertised a 1290 fps velocity. It only holds 9 pellets. Three-inch shells hold 12 pellets but only advertise a 1210 fps velocity. I figured I'd rather have an extra few yards of range than a tighter pattern. But, I suppose the BEST idea would have been to buy boxes of both to pattern them all. I do know that 000 patterns like crap at 25 yards from my H&R, but haven't patterned 00 from it yet.

Anyway, I know a lot of guys (myself included) prefer 2 3/4" slugs over 3". Any of you have a buckshot preference?
 
I don't use a lot, but 0 buck and 00 buck pattern acceptably, I won't shoot a deer past 30 yards with buckshot. Theres a load in the states called dixie triball that I've heard good things about, it sounds like the best buckshot out there for effectiveness but it only comes in 3" or 3 1/2"
 
I shot a deer standing at 20 yards with a 10 guage with 000 buck and it lifted the deer off his feet and threw him sideways through the air about six feet, where he skidded to a stop, dead. I've also shot them slightly farther away and had them get away with only a few drops of blood. At 20 yards, you're okay. I would say at whatever range that you can keep all your pellets inside a 10" circle would be your max range. That's my opinion. I won't use buckshot anymore based on my own negative personal experience.
 
The more pellets that you can put on the target, the more damage you do to it. While the number of pellets available in any given shell are a large part of the equation, so too is how well your gun patterns a particular load and how well you tolerate recoil. I've got some 3" 15 pellet 00 loads that produce vicious recoil, so if you can't put them on target, 6 more pellets in the air doesn't do much for you. Even though you might shoot well enough, another function of heavy recoil is that it requires more time to reacquire the target and fire a backup shot. Purchase a selection of ammo, pattern your gun with each at realistic ranges, and choose the one that produces the optimum combination of terminal performance and controllability against the clock.
 
ckc123 said:
Just like turkey loads.. my goto load is what ever combination of choke/shell patterns works the best regardless of size (2 3/4 vs 3).
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and that folks is the right answer here. use whatever patterns best in your gun as a tight pattern is way better than a crappy pattern with more pellets. you'll have to spend some time and money to find the best load and choke for your gun.

i'm almost tempted to leave the rifled barrel at home for this years shotgun hunt and use buckshot just to prove that buckshot is deadly deer medicine out to 40 yards. :):stirthepot2:
 
Pattern, patteren, pattern. The gun you are using. Shoot Bambi with best patterning load. Eat Bambi.

Bambi don't care about fps, pellets that strike non-vital body parts, or whiz through the air past his ears. Pellets that stick close together, get inside together, kill together. Pellets that spread have to rely on a lead .33 caliber round ball getting inside. Think Tenessee squirrel rifle. x's three or four. Bad on squirrels, not so good on Bambi.
 
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