Thread: got wasted by young blood

Hitting breakable targets and stopping living things are different. Any fool can see that.
The complaints that i see and hear with hunters and steel is that the bird takes the hit and after a stutter keeps going. It happens with lead as well obviously and ultimately will be bad shot placement, but i find it interesting that i have never heard bad things about lead shot from anyone while alot of hunters started complaining when steel was bought in. Why? Something must have changed for all these people to start getting iffy about a particular type of shot, literally overnight as it happened.

Could it be that 200fps difference at the muzzle is enough to make the shooter have to adjust their lead to allow the pattern density to hit where they want it? Not doing so would result in more wounding and less clean kills? Just a thought and my take on it.

R93s suggestion.
Lets use 30mtrs as an example. If steel is exiting the muzzle 200fps quicker than lead but at 30 meters is now the same speed as lead is at the same range, one would assume steel is shedding alot of energy very quickly and probably has a larger pellet grouping at the same range. Not ideal for trying to make a clean kill. But it wouldnt really matter for trying to break something... thats made to be breakable?

Originally Posted by R93

For those that know me, know I shoot slightly above average at national level

My dicks big too r93!