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Re: Are 3 1/2 inch shells worth it?
[Re: Woodsman42]
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01/19/20 09:11 PM
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I shoot a 2 3/4” or 3” 20 ga shell.
Originally Posted By: Wiley Coyote Well, the way I see it is there's just too many assholes On a good day there's a bunch of assholes in here. On a bad day there's too many assholes in here.
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Re: Are 3 1/2 inch shells worth it?
[Re: crenshawco]
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01/19/20 09:38 PM
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Woodsman42
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Before TSS came around, 3.5s were definitely worth it. Nowadays, not so much. Honestly I dont have much use for a 12ga anymore Yeah i have no idea what you are talking about. Ill do some research and see what that yields. I've been doing some research already and there seems to be several folks that feel the same way.
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Re: Are 3 1/2 inch shells worth it?
[Re: Woodsman42]
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01/19/20 09:41 PM
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A 2 3/4” 20ga with 1 5/8 oz of tss 9s will outperform any 12 ga 3 1/2” lead load out there. To answer your question, no, I don’t think it’s worth it.
Micah 6:8
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Re: Are 3 1/2 inch shells worth it?
[Re: Woodsman42]
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01/19/20 09:47 PM
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Before TSS came around, 3.5s were definitely worth it. Nowadays, not so much. Honestly I dont have much use for a 12ga anymore Yeah i have no idea what you are talking about. Ill do some research and see what that yields. I've been doing some research already and there seems to be several folks that feel the same way. I think I'm pretty close here, a 20 shooting #9 TSS = a 12 3 1/2" shooting lead 4s. You can tote a short , 6 ish pound 20gauge that will kill any Turkey on the planet at 60 yards.
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Re: Are 3 1/2 inch shells worth it?
[Re: Woodsman42]
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01/19/20 10:40 PM
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Re: Are 3 1/2 inch shells worth it?
[Re: Woodsman42]
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01/20/20 12:13 AM
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I had a Mossberg 935 that would shoot 3-3.5. after patterning with both with same Winchester Longbeard my gun did better with 3 inch shells. I think and have read that the extra force with the 3.5 cause the bb's to come out more chaos. I recently sold that gun to a friend and bought a Remington v3. Gonna put a venom Reddot and shoot 3 inch longbeardd out of it. Along with Carlson Longbeard choke. Good luck. But unless you are shooting geese I don't think it necessary and recoil is a b@#$_
I believe that this is a practical world and that I can count only on what I earn. Therefore I believe in work, hard work. -George Petrie (1945)
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Re: Are 3 1/2 inch shells worth it?
[Re: TurkeyJoe]
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01/20/20 01:50 AM
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A 2 3/4” 20ga with 1 5/8 oz of tss 9s will outperform any 12 ga 3 1/2” lead load out there. To answer your question, no, I don’t think it’s worth it. Yep. And a 2-3/4” 12ga with 1-5/8 oz of tss 9s will outperform that 20ga more often than not.
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Re: Are 3 1/2 inch shells worth it?
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01/20/20 06:29 AM
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A 2 3/4” 20ga with 1 5/8 oz of tss 9s will outperform any 12 ga 3 1/2” lead load out there. To answer your question, no, I don’t think it’s worth it. This
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Re: Are 3 1/2 inch shells worth it?
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01/20/20 12:00 PM
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They definately are not worth the pain. My 12ga patterns better with 3" shells For the brief time I carried a 3.5" gun, I still shot 3" shells for that very reason. I patterned it with Longbeards (both 3 and 3.5's) and HeviShot Mag Blends (again both 3 and 3.5's). With both brands, the 3" version patterned better than the 3.5. I eventually settled on the Longbeards because they were close enough in performance that I couldn't justify the higher price on the HS shells
There are 3 certainties in an uncertain world:
1. All Politicians Are Liars 2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement 3. Taxation Is Theft
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Re: Are 3 1/2 inch shells worth it?
[Re: Woodsman42]
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01/20/20 12:18 PM
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I am looking into getting a semi auto shotgun and not all of them shoot the bigger loads obviously so i was curious about who might use them and if they are worth it? a former co-worker & i were talking turkey hunting one day, and i knew that he'd killed a bird or two in the past ... when we discussed guns & ammo, i was stunned -- he was using his grandfather's old Browning 12g shotgun w/2 3/4" field loads & no turkey choke tube ... of course, i asked, "how many have you seen walk away b/c they were out of range?" and he admitted, quite a few ... he was an old school, sentimental kinda fella, and enjoyed the challenge of getting a bird in super close to kill it, using his grandfather's gun ... many among us here use WMD's b/c we know how fickle these damn birds can be, and want to increase our chances & sway the odds better in our favor on shots requiring a bit of range & fire power
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