We used to shoot goats in the Hunuas using solids. Never lost one
Shotguns are commonly used on white tail deer in the states. Many states have a shotgun only season before the main hunting season opens and a lot of deer are taken with buckshot. A full grown whitetail is a lot bigger than a goat.
Barefoot, buy a box of 12g solids and come out here and have a play on my range with my little tactical pump action on your way home one afternoon. It will give you an idea of accuracy. I also think I still have some double ought and know I have some number four buck shot that you can have a blast with.
It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
Rule 1: Treat every firearm as loaded
Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
Rule 3: Load a firearm only when ready to fire
Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
Rule 5: Check your firing zone
Rule 6: Store firearms and ammunition safely
Rule 7: Avoid alcohol and drugs when handling firearms
It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
Rule 1: Treat every firearm as loaded
Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
Rule 3: Load a firearm only when ready to fire
Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
Rule 5: Check your firing zone
Rule 6: Store firearms and ammunition safely
Rule 7: Avoid alcohol and drugs when handling firearms
In my experience 00 buck is reliable to no more than 20 yards even then the 9 pellets have spread out so the pattern has some pretty wide holes. Yes it will work at greater range as that 303 sized pellet has a lot of energy but it needs to hit something vital, and I hate the sound of screaming goats that need to be tracked down.
Think 20 it a bit short
I did a pattern test way back when I was a Kid - but big enough to take the recoil of shottie - and that SS Miroku kicked like a mule too
Distant at 40m with sheets of iron up against big Pumice bank
7 in a straight horizontal and 2 slightly above middle line of 7
BUT - I have heard and you prob know better than me - it can differ hugely depending on Gun and chokes etc
I think the Miroku was full open and mod
It had 28" barrels that I do remember
I did shoot goats out to 100m - but it was a fluke pellet and was in neck or head
I used the /shotgun as Dad only let me use 22 until 12yrs and the 303 he was strict on (silly ah) and had to be 15 with FAL (was 15 wasn't it) or was it 16 ??
So the Shotgun was a huge step up from a 22 - but in all honesty sticking with 22 would have been way better (not to mention way cheaper but Dalgety's sold Buck shot by the case :-)
Just 3 days ago I smelt something rotten above Quad track through regen Pine block
Found the remains of a Deer that the pigs had been feeding on and because it was so steep they had slowly slid it down the hill and got hooked up on a scrub just on edge of track bank
I shot that Deer with 00 Buckshot off Quad about 4-5 weeks ago and looked for blood listened etc etc and came to the conclusion was a 50m miss and it was a snap shot at one of the 4 Deer vanishing around track corner
As I have said on here before - Roar the Buck Shot in my view is excellent - but no scope gives the identify issue - lack of, but it is lethal and I can keep glasses on and shoot which is a big plus for me.
Inside 40m - nothing has walked away
No bloody Ponga Frong or the ever lovely Supple Jack barsted stuff etc deflection with the 00
I've been to the place you are talking about a couple times, and I second the 357, suppressed if possible. With .38special for the closer stuff (25-50m) it's as quiet as suppressed 22. You'll be able to catch them sunning themselves pretty often, need to get in there quietly with a 4 stroke bike with the gun on the bars or something and get the jump on the pricks. It would be good to chuck a couple cameras in to see where they are and when (also to catch the neighbours having a wander).
Identify your target beyond all doubt
No.4 buck might even be better on goats if you keep the range closer. A lot more pellets than 00. I haven't seen any for sale locally though.
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