Buckshot deer

Brobees excellent video reminds me of birdshot performance with Federal ammunition using the Flight-control wad. In two examples I've used light birdshot on small game, one got critter a clean away because my tightly choked shotgun had almost rifle-like pattern performance at 15 yards in the forest. In another differing situation, I was using an improved cylinder choked shotgun and this newer Federal ammunition on some fairly long distance shots on sharptails. I knocked the three of them down between about 35-45 yards, no problem.
 
canadian hunter312 said:
The reason some guys use it effectively is because they have spent the money on a variety of shells and took the time to find out what load and choke combination shoots best out of their gun. They likely also know how to estimate yardage and/or use a rangefinder as well as wait for a proper shot.

The morons that misuse buckshot will also attempt hail mary shots with slugs or a bow. Either way, they shouldn't be shooting at live targets until they understand the limitations of their equipment as well as their own shooting skills.
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Uhhhh Yup! This ^^^

That there are a bunch of folks around that do not bother to learn exactly how their ammo shoots in their guns, or that they actually believe that they don't need to aim to use the stuff (too much Call Of Duty online?) is not a reason to prevent the rest of us from having the option to use it well.

I'd far rather see some form of competence testing put in place than a ban, but I have a pretty good idea how frikken convoluted THAT would get to be while the different groups got into arguing about what the actual test should be.


Cheers
Trev
 
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