I've never been much of a shotgun guy. Ive had a few over the years, and currently have 4 of them. I've often promoted them for home defense, But I've always used a pistol and a lever action myself (Current one is a 44 mag carbine)
Now I do have a Mosserg 590A1 as well as a Turknelli both kept loaded with 1oz low recoil slugs, but recently decided maybe I'd be better off with buckshot. I haven't messed with buckshot much in any of my current shotguns, so I decided to pattern some loads from the 590 and realized that my buckshot stash was pretty much depleted.
Now two things I do know about shotguns. This first one is something I've noticed across the board, but its especially noticeable with the 3.5" magnums, more velocity means more spread. And the second is something I never relly played with much, but I was told when I used to shoot 3 gun that 8 pellet buck will usually pattern better than 9 pellet. Now I know that some companies produced 8 pellet 00buck but I've never seen it here in Alaska. My load of choice was 2.75" 8 pellet 000buck as I felt like it hit harder and patterned better than 9 pellet 00buck. 8 pellets of 000 also weights more than 9 pellets of 00. I don't know what the percentage difference in mass per pellet is, but the 000 is about 20 grains heavier per pellet.
Now the problem - I can't find 000buck anywhere right now. I ended up buying a case each of cheap S&B 9 pellet 00, and Federal Flight Control Tactical 9 pellet both in 2.75" shells. Neither of these is a hot rod load, with the federal moving at an advertised 1145fps.
Im curious to see if the flight control wad will be enough to mitigate the 9th pellet flier. The cheap stuff doesnt look to have a shot cup, and is also not plated with anything. While it does not say so on the box, I do believe that the flight control is copper plated.
Will be interesting to see how much difference I get in pattern with these 2 loads
Growing up on al farm we had all kinds of critters & those critters had shelters suitable for them & able to distant any weather conditions we could encounter to include everything except a direct hit by a tornado & we got lots of them in Iowa
Never even dreamed of bringing the horses inside the house & more often than not they were outside instead of being in the barn/stalls
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I love boogie woogie and Dr. K is my favorite. Many of his videos have spectators not moving at all. For me, it's hard to listen to boogie woogie and not move. Here's one with a couple of disabled guys getting into the act. The guy in the wheelchair is so happy!
[FPC News] FPC WIN: Federal Judge Blocks New York Carry Ban
<p><strong>BUFFALO, N.Y. </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">(October 10, 2024) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that the United States District Court for the Western District of New York has granted partial summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in FPC’s </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/boron"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christian v. James</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> lawsuit, permanently enjoining the state’s law banning guns on all publicly-open private property without express consent of the owner, and denied the state’s request for a stay of that decision. The opinion can be viewed at </span><a href="http://firearmspolicy.org/boron"><span style="font-weight: 400;">firearmspolicy.org/boron</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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