3.5" cartridges

[lgray88 4]

got my baikal mp153 but my dealer doesnt have any 3.5" cartiridges in at the moment , so what a rough price for 25 cartridges does anyone have any dealings with reloading shotgun cartridges?

 

liam

[scotlandforever 0]

i would reekin they would be about £14 a box going on i bought a box of 2 /34" 42gr for £10 last week

 

Jason

[SportingShooter 0]

Gamebore 3.5" Steel "Mammoth" would be around £16/25,

 

Gamebore Tungsten Matrix 3.5" around £75/25

 

Realistically there is no need to fire a 3.5" load at anything.

 

Im thinking goose is your main target, then a 3" shell with 36g of Steel in it will be ample, same with Bismuth, 3" 46gr is way more than adequate.

 

It will save your pocket a great deal by using 3".

 

 

Regards

SS

[Deker 3,491]

Unless you have a VERY specific need for some outrageous 3.5" I agree with SS, 2.75-3", plenty of choice, plenty of stopping power and a LOT cheaper on the whole.

 

Bear in mind cartridges have got a lot more powerful over the years..and of course you will really need to get your shoulder behind these 3.5 as well

 

 

PS £75 for 25..f**k me...is that right... £3 each... ....... Thank heavens 2.75 5's do most things for me!! and......7.5-8 for clays!

[kiwi 4]

go the 3.5 inch, they just fold geese mate............i use remington and federal and compared to a 3inch the bigger rounds are not even that much of an increase in recoil....those russians are soft to shoot anyway.

[lgray88 4]

ach no worries im a big lad il manage , it was jsut out of interest realy to try the 3.5s i dont have much use for it been using 3's at the moment and the 2.75 ,tryed some of the smaller stuff when i first got it but i fired off 3 shots and the last didnt eject

 

liam

[SportingShooter 0]

If it is a new gun then it may be stiff for the first 100 rounds or so and may not eject the odd cartridge, it will settle soon though. So there is no need to fire a bigger shell just to cycle the action.

 

I know the 3.5" will most definitely do the job but is there really a need, I fired some 3.5" Winchester steel at geese and fair enough they killed it but I also fired Remington Nitro Steel 3" 32g and they dropped them dead too.

 

Regards

SS

 

 

P.S Yes Deker, Tungsten Matrix 3.5" is £3 a shot, I'd be crying if I missed

[lgray88 4]

i totally agree SS theres no way i could justify shooting 3.5's anyway but id just bought 10 or so just for the sake of trying them out where i come from there is me and one other guy who have shotguns capable of 3.5" so ive never tried it , but generally i will just be working with smaller load as you say.

 

liam

[mattydski 560]

P.S Yes Deker, Tungsten Matrix 3.5" is £3 a shot, I'd be crying if I missed

 

 

That's very restrained of you SS,

I'd be picking up the pieces and putting them back together!!!!