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my 12 gauges disappoints me
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<blockquote data-quote="aviator41" data-source="post: 2348592" data-attributes="member: 30309"><p>agreed. thinking about shotties like you are leads to disappointment. Keep in mind that the pattern of the shotgun is the more or less the shape of a cylinder that slowly gets larger, but thats only when its unimpeded. As one pellet hits a bird, even a small bird, it's potential is used up, which means it cannot continue on to kill another bird.</p><p></p><p>What this means is the effective surface of the shot is more the shape of a platter. Those little birds in that bunch was not nearly as dense as you think it was. Shooting at starlings is tricky and maddening.</p><p></p><p>7 1/2 shot, aimed well at a dove in the proper range will kill it dead dead dead. Shooting the same shell at a cluster of doves without aiming at a particular target will almost assure a miss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aviator41, post: 2348592, member: 30309"] agreed. thinking about shotties like you are leads to disappointment. Keep in mind that the pattern of the shotgun is the more or less the shape of a cylinder that slowly gets larger, but thats only when its unimpeded. As one pellet hits a bird, even a small bird, it's potential is used up, which means it cannot continue on to kill another bird. What this means is the effective surface of the shot is more the shape of a platter. Those little birds in that bunch was not nearly as dense as you think it was. Shooting at starlings is tricky and maddening. 7 1/2 shot, aimed well at a dove in the proper range will kill it dead dead dead. Shooting the same shell at a cluster of doves without aiming at a particular target will almost assure a miss. [/QUOTE]
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