Anyone using 2.5" 12g for 3 gun?
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arcticcathonda
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Curious if these folks are rolling their own, or buying them?
Not worth it unless you reload and haven't already bought carriers yet in my opinion. The 2.5" shells leave a gap causing the quad and load 2 methods to not work as well due to issues when grabbing them off your carriers.
I think Invictus is making some that would adjust for 2.5" shells. I am not going to bother. I have nice AP carriers that I can do quad load and load 2 with. I can have a legal nine shell start for IPSC with 2.75" shells which is the max for Standard division anyway. 7 in the tube, one ghost load and one in chamber. My shotgun still only holds no more than five 3.5" shells so I am good. While in theory it's great to be able to do 2 quad loads it's much easier to get that accomplished when you are in the US and your tube can hold at least 12 so you aren't close to running dry before trying the two quads. I will stick to mixing up the quad and load 2 methods in Canada.
I think Invictus is making some that would adjust for 2.5" shells. I am not going to bother. I have nice AP carriers that I can do quad load and load 2 with. I can have a legal nine shell start for IPSC with 2.75" shells which is the max for Standard division anyway. 7 in the tube, one ghost load and one in chamber. My shotgun still only holds no more than five 3.5" shells so I am good. While in theory it's great to be able to do 2 quad loads it's much easier to get that accomplished when you are in the US and your tube can hold at least 12 so you aren't close to running dry before trying the two quads. I will stick to mixing up the quad and load 2 methods in Canada.
I think Cbabes hit it on the head here.
It all comes down to your reloading method, and whether your system can accomodate the shorter shells.
Squeezing 10 in the gun is fun, but, you have to be able to feed it from the belt if the stage is bigger than 10. That's where your loading methodology comes into play, and it needs to support the 2.5" shells as well.
That being said, you *could* run different shells based on your start, and reloads.
So, you could go with a hybrid solution.
Of course, that can lead to ammo mixups, and wasting time, or fumbling a reload, or whatever.
I think the KISS principle applies, and, it's your reloads that will make or break you, as, you don't always start with a full gun anyways, and you don't want to be messing with different ammo lengths from stage to stage just to find that edge. Smooth and steady, and consistency is key.
It all comes down to your reloading method, and whether your system can accomodate the shorter shells.
Squeezing 10 in the gun is fun, but, you have to be able to feed it from the belt if the stage is bigger than 10. That's where your loading methodology comes into play, and it needs to support the 2.5" shells as well.
That being said, you *could* run different shells based on your start, and reloads.
So, you could go with a hybrid solution.
Of course, that can lead to ammo mixups, and wasting time, or fumbling a reload, or whatever.
I think the KISS principle applies, and, it's your reloads that will make or break you, as, you don't always start with a full gun anyways, and you don't want to be messing with different ammo lengths from stage to stage just to find that edge. Smooth and steady, and consistency is key.
