Mother Earth News 1987 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub

The Shell Game: 2

Selecting shells for your shotgun requires almost as many decisions as does purchasing the gun in the first place. You’ll have to determine whether you want standard 23/4-inch shells or the more potent 3-inch magnums. As noted above, I’d recommend the latter for most 20-gauge work, while the former should be adequate for most 12-gauge situations, with big game, wild turkeys and waterfowl being the exceptions. As a general rule, you’ll want to stick with “high base” shells, since the “low base” variety have less powder behind the shot and are thus less powerful.

The shot itself also demands a decision. Shot sizes are given in numbers, the larger designations referring to smaller pellets. The appropriate shot size will be determined by the game hunted, the terrain, the question of whether, in the case of birds, your game will usually be just flushed or free-flying, and so forth.

(I’d recommend, especially if you plan to hunt waterfowl, that you use steel, rather than lead, shot, and that you select a shotgun-choke combination to suit such shells. Lead entering the food chain when ducks and geese mistake spent shot for grain has become a serious enough problem to cause some areas to prohibit its use.)

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