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2 3/4" OO MAGNUM BUCK?
- Thread starter mvdemarco
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Al Thompson
Staff Alumnus
Some difference, but not significant, IMHO. You get more payload, but less speed. Having wacked a few deer with the 9 pellet load, I'm unsure of the advantages of the 12 pellet load. Both work.
Giz
Giz
There's probably more,Mike, but I'm not noticing it much. In lighter shotguns, with unperfect form, a 12 pellet load can hurt.
And after maybe 20 years of shootng same in a Correctional system, I see very little a 12 pellet 00 load will do that a 9 pellet load won't.
IMO, except for very special circumstances, "Serious" shotgunners would be better off not using either 12 or 15 pellet 00 loads.
Magnum is an old Cherokee word for "Moneywaster"(G)....
And after maybe 20 years of shootng same in a Correctional system, I see very little a 12 pellet 00 load will do that a 9 pellet load won't.
IMO, except for very special circumstances, "Serious" shotgunners would be better off not using either 12 or 15 pellet 00 loads.
Magnum is an old Cherokee word for "Moneywaster"(G)....
I bought some of that Estate 00. When shooting one at a time I didn't really notice that much difference between it and the Federal "premium" 00 I'd been shooting. But when I put two of the regular and then two of the reduced recoil loads in, I could really feel and hear the difference.
The patterns were not that different. At ten yards the Federal regular 00 made about a 7" circle, while the Estate made about a 5" circle. At 15 yards the Estate opened up to about 8".
The patterns were not that different. At ten yards the Federal regular 00 made about a 7" circle, while the Estate made about a 5" circle. At 15 yards the Estate opened up to about 8".