Your lead changes a lot. Any thing below your lead can go up to 3 ft. Your very welcome Ernest. I am happy to hear you noticed the difference. I am working on spreading the word thru testimonials and experience. To continue my previous blog on the speed of ammo….. Jimmy is right! I just came from the dove fields and was killing doves out to 50yds.
Once again,,,,,Thanks,Jim….. May th…. Your friend,,,Ernest Tillman. My thoughts may not have a scientific basis of fact but they work in the field and on the sporting clays course…. Thanks for letting me post this…. I wanted to add to what Jim called the conversation about chokes,,,,Shooters talk a lot about chokes and ammo but seem to leave out talking about the back-bored barrell and lengthening forcing cones strategy which I know from experience can have a positive effect on shotgun performance..
Good comments Jim. Not wanting to be left out, this year Winchester introduced a high-velocity version of Blind Side that, at 1, fps, snaps at HyperSonic's heels. What was initially a mild-mannered, mid-range load of 1, fps has turned into an all-out speed demon. Hevi-Shot's latest waterfowl load, Speed Ball, addresses the need for speed without compromising payloads. The Speed Ball is a round, cork-like ball placed inside the wad beneath the shot.
Upon ignition, it protects and cushions the shot from setback forces, while also managing recoil and keeping chamber pressures within safe levels. The result is a super-fast load that, in theory, doesn't kick as bad as other high-speed varieties.
You see, besides reduced payloads, velocity also comes at another price: recoil. It makes sense, considering how Newton's Third Law of Motion reminds us that for every action there';s an equal and opposite reaction. The faster a load exits the gun, the harder it hits on the other end. While gas-operated autos aren't mandatory for high-speed loads, they're certainly recommended over pumps, doubles and recoil-operated guns.
Your cheek and shoulder will thank you for it. Speed Ball hasn't totally eliminated recoil, but Hevi-Shot is on the right track, although I'd still recommend a gas gun for maximum comfort. Last fall, Speed Ball accounted for a rare triple on Canadas, as I collected my limit of three honkers with as many shots, a feat accomplished, I believe, thanks in part to the minimal muzzle rise generated by Speed Ball in the soft-shooting Browning Maxus semi-auto I was using.
Talk about recoil management. High-velocity kickback becomes barely perceptible within the confines of a heavy, gauge semi-auto cannon. Patterning high-velocity loads also can be tricky.
Kent discovered pattern quality and consistency deteriorated when speeds exceeded 1, fps. Other companies have employed methods of graduating acceleration the aforementioned Xelerator wad and Speed Ball to maintain safe chamber pressures, protect the shot column, and keep patterns from being blown. Copper or nickle plated lead 4's and 5's are pure death on pheasants Look at Fiocchi Golden Pheasant loads That stuff is lethal on pheasants. If I could not shoot lead due to legal reasons , I would opt for the hevi-shot type stuff That will be a light recoiling load with very good knock-down Decreasing the shot charge will make more difference in "felt" recoil than decreasing the speed.
At least not consistently enough that I would be comfortable shooting those types of shots Quality plated lead or Hevi-shot at those ranges on pheasants will kill birds if you can get the patterns on them Pheasants are not hard to hit, and really not that hard to knock down, but I have found them to be tough to kill; crippled pheasants are a tough recovery for even the best of dogs Last edited: Oct 7, Squaller , Oct 6, Oct 7, I'm not a novice at pheasant hunting.
They simply recoil to much in anything but an autoloader. I don't want that for pointed pheasants and they are ridiculously overpriced anyway. Life was a lot easier before these nontoxic shot mandates on many of the public lands! I suppose I could shoot autos all the time?.. Poorfarm , Oct 7, Squaller , Oct 7,
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