Originally Posted by firelt72

I had not completely read the post, my mistake. I actually use 5 or 6. My reasoning is that I get more bb's down range in the kill zone. While there are 450 pellets in a 2-ounce load of sixes, there are only 270 of the number four pellets. so roughly half of the bb's down range and a #2 is 90. The link explains my thoughts better

http://www.clcweb.net/Shooting/ammo/ammo.html