Ok, I see. If your shooting 1 1/2oz at 1350fps, then I will tell you your well past factory shells in the 2.75" range. What load are you using? Longshot? Thats a stout load your using. I would say most people on this board don't reload there shotshells. Its not really a fair comparison. And I would say he was using at least 2.25oz of shot. And as a reloader, you know as well as I do that, wieght has alot of do with recoil. As far as you getting just as many on paper as him, that is really a matter of choke don't you think. What size was he using and you using. I mean he does have almost twice as many shot as you.

Shooting far, you can get some serious velocity's with a 3.5" shell in the 1.25 oz range. Which I think can be good for waterfoulers, especially goose hunters and turkey. Really depends on the load he was shooting. Now I goose hunt with guys that use a 3.5" and cater there shells for long distance, and not heavy loads, and they can reach out farther than my 3". I will also admit, that 3.5" is just too much for me. That goose just doesn't mean that much to me. Let him fly. Also, I don't know of anyone that makes slugs 3.5". Don't want no part of that. 3" already puts a wolup on me.

Edited by - bigcountry on 12/20/2002 17:21:40

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Its been established a long time ago that your performance gains become less as you increase the column of shot in a shell beyond a certain point. I believe the 3 1/2" is in this category as I don't see too much performance gains from using a 3" over a 2 3/4" shell on waterfowl. The 3 1/2" round was meant to do what the 10 guage does, but it really doesn't. If you need to put more bb's in your shells, go with the 10 guage.

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms... who's bringing the chips?

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