When I was younger, I shot skeet quite a bit and used Win. AA hulls with #9 shot. This was used in either a 20 ga. Winchester 101 or a 28 ga. Beretta BL4.
What jOe says, I don't agree with, it only takes one pellet to break a target, and if you don't think those extra pellets help, just ask most of the AA skeet shooters what they use.
Also because I had many reloads, I can't tell you how many pheasants I killed with 3/4 oz. of #9 shot in that 28 ga. These were stocked pheasants over pointing dogs, and any criples were soon dispatched.
I would not use them for the wild pheasants we had at the time, and never used the 28 ga for them, only 20 ga. with either 6's or 7 1/2's.
For woodcock and quail, I have used the 3/4 oz. #9's when I lived in N.J. and you could not hunt doves, considered a songbird.
Last edited by JDW; 11/24/11 11:44 AM.
