I read Ralph Galleyway's "The Merits of Chokes and Cylinders", and he talks about the potential to fold birds at 50 yards with #6 English shot, that seems a bit far to me, but I'm open to being further educated. I had read somewhere that the English shot-shell standard velocity was 1050 fps because it patterned the best, in my mind that's too slow to kill pheasants at 50 yards with #6 English shot. Anyone know what the velocity would have been? I'm assuming this would be a black powder load, and not over 1200 fps, but the 1050 fps supposed "standard" seems off to me.