12 gauge buckshot, maximum effective range?

[retrieverman]

I use buckshot quite a bit and limit my shots to 25-30 yards and get the best pattern using a modified choke.

[Texas Grown]

Finding the right choke/pellet combo for your shotgun is the key-- I grew up hunting deer in NC with buckshot and recovery rates go way down past about 50 yards.

The TSS shot would be really interesting as a hog load-- much greater density, better penetration. Probably not economical for hogs unless you roll your own though.

That very thought crossed my mind! The heck with lead! TSS is gonna have a whole lot more penetration for much longer distances than lead. It's already commercially rolled for yotes. And I've been reading about loaders using BB and #2 shot on Deer at ranges most would use a smooth bore open sighted slug on.

[dustoffer]

Here's a 20-ga 3" mag #3 buck--at about 15 yds

[bigchiefj]

Remember a single 00 pellet might be 60 grains with a muzzle velocity of 1500 fps. Standard 22lr is 40 grains at 1200 fps. A 12 gauge slug is roughly 500 grains at similar velocities.

Buckshot is a numbers game for pigs/deer. Keep shots inside 50 yards and unload on the animal. I've killed pigs where I shot them 3 times and only found 4 pellet wounds when cleaning them. It seems like a "lucky" pellet finds the neck or spine and drops them.

[Jason Fry]

Lol where you gonna find 12 ga buckshot these days?


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[Dmcgee]

Lol where you gonna find 12 ga buckshot these days?


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I actually have seen quite a bit comparably speaking


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[quackadikt]

Remember a single 00 pellet might be 60 grains with a muzzle velocity of 1500 fps. Standard 22lr is 40 grains at 1200 fps. A 12 gauge slug is roughly 500 grains at similar velocities.

Buckshot is a numbers game for pigs/deer. Keep shots inside 50 yards and unload on the animal. I've killed pigs where I shot them 3 times and only found 4 pellet wounds when cleaning them. It seems like a "lucky" pellet finds the neck or spine and drops them.

Sounds like you should spend some time at the patterning board then.


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[Mike D]

Awe, the good old days, except we were in Louisiana.


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Mississippi here.


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