Interesting Video on Duck and Goose hunting with the 28 Gauge
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saskgunowner101
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Fixed it for you.
The thing that most people don't realize is that a 10, 12, 16, 20, 28 or 410 gauge shot guns all have the same killing power, the difference is the amount of pellets in the load / pattern but a #2 steel pellet fired at 1500 FPS has the exact same killing power no matter which shotgun gauge it comes out of.
I laugh when I hear guy's say they need 12ga 3 1/2" magnum for geese so they can reach way out there .............. horse pukky ......... a 3 1/2" #2 @ 1500 or a 2 3/4" #2@ 1500 or a 28 ga #2 @ 1500 have the same kinetic energy and killing power at any given distance, of course a 3 1/2" has a 1 5/8 oz payload, the 2 3/4" has a 1 1/16 oz payload and the 28 ga has a 1 oz payload so less pellets in the pattern but each pellet has the same killing power. The only difference in killing power is that the 3 1/2" magnums are killing your wallet at $50 + per box and at the end of the day you need something to kill your headache from getting pounded by them, but hey they are hyped and pushed by the manufacturers and some people suck that hype up like free drinks at the bar on Saturday night..
I laugh when I hear guy's say they need 12ga 3 1/2" magnum for geese so they can reach way out there .............. horse pukky ......... a 3 1/2" #2 @ 1500 or a 2 3/4" #2@ 1500 or a 28 ga #2 @ 1500 have the same kinetic energy and killing power at any given distance, of course a 3 1/2" has a 1 5/8 oz payload, the 2 3/4" has a 1 1/16 oz payload and the 28 ga has a 1 oz payload so less pellets in the pattern but each pellet has the same killing power. The only difference in killing power is that the 3 1/2" magnums are killing your wallet at $50 + per box and at the end of the day you need something to kill your headache from getting pounded by them, but hey they are hyped and pushed by the manufacturers and some people suck that hype up like free drinks at the bar on Saturday night..
Yep its just a change in payload, i have been steadily moving down, in Gauge sizes, as I get older, and better with a shotgun, seldom shoot a 12 ga now, most of my waterfowl, are shot with a 16ga or 20, Just got another 28ga SXS,
I hand load my field loads, and like a bit faster load of bismuth or ITX, over 12 ga steel loads.
The only gauge shot gun, I found that had sufficient upgrade in killing powder, was the 10ga, big payload of big pellets, sure crushed geese, heavy gun and expensive to run, long gone now, rather chase shaptail with a SXS
I hand load my field loads, and like a bit faster load of bismuth or ITX, over 12 ga steel loads.
The only gauge shot gun, I found that had sufficient upgrade in killing powder, was the 10ga, big payload of big pellets, sure crushed geese, heavy gun and expensive to run, long gone now, rather chase shaptail with a SXS
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Exactly! I did two solo hunts this spring for Snows with a Parker SXS 12ga with 30" bbls choked F/F and shooting 1oz #4 Bismuth labelled Upland Load with a published mv of 1250 fps, that is the equivalent of a 3 dram 1oz target load or 28ga field load and it folded those snows at 40 yards overhead like they hit a brick wall. Not even a twitch after dropping. Big payloads will fill in patterns at longer ranges but you better be good enough to put the centre of that pattern on the target at those distances if you want to achieve those longer range kills and in all my hunting with the average hunter tagging along that doesn't happen. Most hit the bird with a fringe pellet and get lucky enough to break a wing bringing it down then wring it's neck to kill it after a long chase.
