#12 shot on the skeet range

[catnthehat]

Well, I dropped by to visit my good buddy sdvc last night for a cup of his great Esspresso and to drop off some 20 gayge wads because he was running low.
He told me that he had found an old 10 pound bag of #12 shot!
Well, one thing led to another and we decided to try it out
On the skeet field this week! LOL
anybody who has shot skeet knows it doesn't take a lot of velocity to breaks birds. Especially from stations 1,7 and 8.
The number of pellets in a 7/8 oz load is crazy when comparing #9 to 12 as well, which is why we are going to do this experiment .
I will be using my favorite 28 gauge bird load, 30 grains of H110 with a BPI HV28 wad and a Cheddite hull.
This load runs right around 8,340PSI and 1320FPS
( according to BPI)

The average pellet count for a 7/8 oz. Load of 9's is 495
Compare that to a load of 12's , which is 2043.
That gives you over FOUR TIMES the number of pellets in a load , which theoretically should be a solid wall of shot moving better than 1,200FPS!
This will be a fun experiment for sure!
It is amazing what us old retired guys will do for a bit of excitement!
Cat

[elkhunter11]

I am still finding some Superior Canadian shot around, including some labelled 10 and 12, but I have only been buying the 9. The 10 was tempting, but I never even considered the 12, as I am thinking that it may not be reliable on the longer shots.

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

I am still finding some Superior Canadian shot around, including some labelled 10 and 12, but I have only been buying the 9. The 10 was tempting, but I never even considered the 12, as I am thinking that it may not be reliable on the longer shots.

This bag was from Ancaster ( Hummanson), and the pellets seem to range from #10 or even #9 to#12.
I am going to try the loads on 1 and 7 on the incomers first, and 8 , to see how they do, but I am pretty sure they will work well.
Cat

[oilngas]

cat: I'm taking a slightly different approach on the skeet field; 3/4 oz. of what ever small shot (71/2 to 9) I have left in the shot locker loaded with Alliant Extra light at about 1000fps. I have not encountered any issues breaking targets except the shoulders without rotator cuffs and full of arteritis say "this is way better eh!" who cares if we drop a few!

Biggest problem is I can't find any more Extra Lite!

So each to his own! It doesn't take much to break most of the targets on the skeet field, I just gotta do my job!

[rugerfan]

I might be interested in a bag of #10 or #12 if someone has a line on it. I’d like to try some smaller pellets in my experimental 444 marlin shot loads. They’re not very available at the usual places though.

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by rugerfan

I might be interested in a bag of #10 or #12 if someone has a line on it. I’d like to try some smaller pellets in my experimental 444 marlin shot loads. They’re not very available at the usual places though.

I could have purchased some #12 cheap, because nobody around here wanted it. Number 4 also isn't a big seller here.