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lemon hart

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I do some trap shooting. Nothing competitive and reload my own shells. Like to use WAA hulls and usually use 1 and 1/8 oz. of # 8 shot. Lately with the price of lead it is getting hard to get shot. I have a number of 25 Lb. bags of various shot left over from field loads. I am talking about mostly # 4,5,6 shot. How would these shot sizes perform at the trap range? Should I use them up there or what? Should I change my chokes if I use them to get similar results to the #8's? Would like a few expert opinions on the topic. The price of lead now a days is unreal. Do not really care about the birds I bust but I also do not want to embarrase my self
 
lemon hart said:
I do some trap shooting. Nothing competitive and reload my own shells. Like to use WAA hulls and usually use 1 and 1/8 oz. of # 8 shot. Lately with the price of lead it is getting hard to get shot. I have a number of 25 Lb. bags of various shot left over from field loads. I am talking about mostly # 4,5,6 shot. How would these shot sizes perform at the trap range? Should I use them up there or what? Should I change my chokes if I use them to get similar results to the #8's? Would like a few expert opinions on the topic. The price of lead now a days is unreal. Do not really care about the birds I bust but I also do not want to embarrase my self
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Depending on where you shoot you may embarass yourself by being asked to leave the range. Most clay clubs have very specific restrictions on shot size with nothing larger than 7-1/2 allowed due to approved shot fall distances. Use larger shot and you may be contravening the club's range approval.

If the larger shot goes off the property and onto a neighbour's land you might face the embarrassment of having to explain to fellow shooters why the club was closed down because you didn't load the right size of shot.
 
Not a problem here at all as we are a very small club and do not bother people about the type of ammo they use. Our down range field is quite liberal and we have never had a problem.

I am concerned with the performance however. And as I said do I need to use different chokes or whatever?
 
Size 6 contains about 64 percent of the pellets as a load of 7-1/2's,
4's about 39 percent of the same load of 7-1/2's .... pretty sketchy
patterns for a Trap load.

Why not load them up and go shoot some crows ... a very positive conservation measure. Nice black targets with wings !!! :D
 
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