12ga3” OO buck test group

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Originally Posted by jaycee

As I said. we were not there and will never know what happened.

Criticizing is very easy from behind a computer keyboard.

What is the best shot? it can be different in many situations.

Unfortunately zhiit happens , ie; how many moose were misidentified and shot, I am not condoning any of this behavior, but it does happen and will carry on when we are all gone, because there are too many [hunters they call themselves] out there that are to eager to kill, "the brown is down attitude ".
They have that one week or two only, when they are able to get out and must kill something or they do not consider it being a good hunt.
They are not satisfied with the hunting experience, [outdoors and nature], to them they must kill something to satisfy themselves, [ego] even though they make mistakes by not intentionally identifying their target animal, or in taking the proper/best killing shot.

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You forgot...shooting the antlers. Have seen a few moose racks with bullet holes, or arrows sticking out of them on the wall.

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Originally Posted by greatwhite

Every gun is different, how many brands did you try? Just like you would in a rifle.

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He can try using a 2 3/4 shell. Can't explain but it can make a difference.

Was the buckshot buffered or unbuffered.

Line052 has a great load in a 2 3/4 shell with 9 #00 buck buffered with #8 shot that he promised to send me, but I still waiting...

Seems Hornady has improved buckshot somewhat with what looks a lot like a "flightcontrol" type wad. I tried this at work and was blown away. Gun was an 18" I/C barrel...pattern is 15 yards...the wad impacted under the pattern. (sorry about the target)
https://i.imgur.com/2uphxV4.jpg

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Originally Posted by dilly

Seems Hornady has improved buckshot somewhat with what looks a lot like a "flightcontrol" type wad. I tried this at work and was blown away. Gun was an 18" I/C barrel...pattern is 15 yards...the wad impacted under the pattern. (sorry about the target)

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Now you'll have to try 20 and 30..

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Originally Posted by Snowwalker

Now you'll have to try 20 and 30..

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Yeah, we went to 20 because we were indoors. I didn’t take a picture but it was still pretty good. Would have all been in a lung sized area. I don’t intend to use this for hunting as I shoot 3.5” and the 18 pellets hit hard out of my gun. It’s a Beretta with 26” barrel and mod choke.

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Originally Posted by dilly

Yeah, we went to 20 because we were indoors. I didn’t take a picture but it was still pretty good. Would have all been in a lung sized area. I don’t intend to use this for hunting as I shoot 3.5” and the 18 pellets hit hard out of my gun. It’s a Beretta with 26” barrel and mod choke.

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Too bad you did not have a tighter choke to try, just to see if it was better. Of course 15 was tight. What size you figure the "lung size" would be? 6", 8"?

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Originally Posted by fieldtrip

Buckshot should be banned

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I agree

Why? For what reason? Every reason you give can also be used to ban bow hunting.

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Originally Posted by camotrky

I agree

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Originally Posted by camotrky

I agree

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X2 on big game.

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Originally Posted by greatwhite

Why? For what reason? Every reason you give can also be used to ban bow hunting.

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How do you compare bowhunting to buckshot???