I have shot and killed dove at 105 paces with a Joeeph Winkler,16 ga hammer,marked"Nein for Kugel"I was told that means "Not for Ball" on more than one occasion,was more like shooting a rifle.
Older shells ,cardboard wads did not have the same pattern as a plastic wad shells of today. A little test I ran was with some Winchester, 3dram,1 1/8 #8 chilled shot with cardboard wads.. shot at a 10" circle at 16 yards.
Gun was Ideal grade L C Smith 30"bbls I/C
88 pellets in circle
219 pellets Remington STS
The older shells just needed as much choke as they could get away with.I wonder what some of the older shooters could have done with modern guns and ammo?
I have a 32" Ideal grade L C Smith 20 gauge choked full/full
that will keep up with most trap gun using modern ammo.
Hampton
