Hevi-Shot/ITX SHot Size
08-30-2009, 03:20 AM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Kenly, North Carolina
Posts: 370
Hevi-Shot/ITX SHot Size
Hello All, if this were steel shot I wouldn't even ask the question, but I have a snow goose hunt coming up over dekes, and my plan is to use 1 1/4oz ITX #4 shot out of my double black powder 12 gauge, this stuff is 94% as dense as lead. again I know what I would use if i was shooting Steel, so please do not mention steel, I am new to shooting the tungsten stuff, as from what I have read is you can go back to what you used in lead.
I have to admit, I have never been a fan of large shot, in the lead days, I shot 90% #5 shot and rest was #4 shot.
So What size shot other than steel do you use?
I have to admit, I have never been a fan of large shot, in the lead days, I shot 90% #5 shot and rest was #4 shot.
So What size shot other than steel do you use?
08-31-2009, 04:33 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NW Ohio , 5 min from Ottawa National / Magee Marsh
Posts: 2,051
Trust me
Hevi #4 will kill geese well past any ethical range you should be shooting
And that is 10+ lb Canadain geese
#4 in the ITX ot other simalar type shot
I used #2 on Canadain geese
Since Snows are closer to mallard size
#4 should work
John
Hevi #4 will kill geese well past any ethical range you should be shooting
And that is 10+ lb Canadain geese
#4 in the ITX ot other simalar type shot
I used #2 on Canadain geese
Since Snows are closer to mallard size
#4 should work
John
09-23-2009, 07:41 AM
#7
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 29
Remington Wingmaster HD
I used last year #2 (It's the same as Havi-Shot) and at 45-50 yards dropped a goose like a rock (I could never get goose from one steel shot at that distance). I do not think I would go lower than #4.
Not to try to steer the topic, but we all know that steel shoots tighter then lead: so IC lead=Mod steel. What about Hevi- Shor and Remington HD. Whould I use choke based on lead or steel tightness?
is true IC lead=Mod or even Full Remington HD (hevi-shot)?
Not to try to steer the topic, but we all know that steel shoots tighter then lead: so IC lead=Mod steel. What about Hevi- Shor and Remington HD. Whould I use choke based on lead or steel tightness?
is true IC lead=Mod or even Full Remington HD (hevi-shot)?
09-25-2009, 04:00 AM
#8
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Kenly, North Carolina
Posts: 370
I am using 2 modified chokes in my muzzleloading 12gauge, with nice pattern at 40 yards. I would keep witht eh same chokes you use in steel. and better yet, go out and pattern your gun with different chokes and hevi-shot
