Shot sizes to try? Shotgun noob

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I just got my first shotgun today, a Baikal SxS external hammer "coachgun" with some light figuring in the stock. :)

I plan to take it to the range this weekend, but I won't be shooting clays/trap/skeet, I will setup targets of some kind.

What are some shot loads to try? It's a 2 3/4" chamber.

It also came with four chokes: C, IC, M, F and all are marked 'Lead'. Are there restrictions to the shot size I can put through a given choke? The booklet with the gun mentions slugs must have a diameter no larger that the choke being used IIRC.
 
What they are saying is that the chokes are not meant for steel shot, you can use any size of lead shot in any of those chokes. Note that for the most part, the factory ammo with the smaller sizes will not be as heavily loaded(recoil) and that 2 3/4dram eq. or 3 dram eq. loads will be the least expensive and kick the least.For slugs I would use the C or IC choke, however the slugs are expensive and tend to kick alot if you're not used to them.
 
C = Cylinder Bore (no choke)
IC = Improved Cylinder
M = Modified
F = Full (most choke)

Rifled slugs will shoot out of any choke, but I would fire them from one of the first 2 for best results.
 
If your not useing it for clays (7 1/2 * 8 * 9 shot), then use larger shot size. Too bad you only have a 2 3/4 chamber, but you can use shot size 2, BB, etc. Or buckshot, 00buck/000buck/4buck, etc, depends on what your using the load for
 
M_A_T_T said:
The booklet with the gun mentions slugs must have a diameter no larger that the choke being used IIRC.
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If these are the instruction, they might be concerned that the tubes might blow out with larger slugs. Rifled slugs seem to vary in size and often are not only over choke size, but may be over bore size as well. Rifled slugs are often hollow at the rear or base to accomodate being squeezed through smaller bores.
 
As a experenced hunter, who has owned 2 exterior hammer guns,they no longer belong to me.I had the gun which was pointed in a safe direction go off as the hammer slipped in the winter.I traded them the next day.Be careful as a new hunter be extra cautious.You may also find they shoot low if they are the short barrel coachgun.
 
CROWCA said:
As a experenced hunter, who has owned 2 exterior hammer guns,they no longer belong to me.I had the gun which was pointed in a safe direction go off as the hammer slipped in the winter.I traded them the next day.Be careful as a new hunter be extra cautious.You may also find they shoot low if they are the short barrel coachgun.
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Yikes, did the hammer slip as you were pulling it back or was it already cocked and it let go by itself?
 
boomer271 said:
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Here. :D

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I picked up some #7 1/2, 4, 2, and 00Buck lead shot. I'll give those a try this weekend.

CROWCA, scarey story. This model is the cheaper one Baikal sells where the external 'hammers' #### the gun but don't actually strike the firing pins from the outside. Not sure it that makes a difference, but I will be very cautious.
 
I have been up on the Island hunting just got home,I am unsure if it slipped when I Released the hammer or I released the hammer to hard and it struck the shell and fired the round.
 
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