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I would like to get some opinions on the quality of RST shot-shells, especially the #10 shot for quail. I plan to order a case of some brand...just wondering? Any suggestions? I have used Poly-Wads, vintage #8's, in the past...ok.
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No help: I've never seen a quail. Isn't No. 10 what museums use to collect specimens with least damage possible?
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I generally hunt bobwhite with #8s. I have occasionally used #9s for bobwhite when shooting 28ga 5/8oz loads.
I have shot a couple of flats of RSTs. Didn't pattern them. Certainly seemed effective to me.
Good luck.
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I have been shooting both brands for a number of years. Even though Polywad is located in my home state, I'd have to give the nod to RST from my experience...Geo
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I have been shooting both brands for a number of years. Even though Polywad is located in my home state, I'd have to give the nod to RST from my experience...Geo I'm curious why that is, Geo. Does it have anything to do with quality, or performance? SRH
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RST #10 shotshells are great to add to your collection, as I have, one box. However, I would never use #10 for any game bird, no matter how small. They just lose velocity and energy too fast. They also put too many holes in the bird. #8 is a good compromise for smaller birds.
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aren't the nbr 10's promoted as a woodcock load?
early season in thick cover where the shots are so close you need an old west gunslinger's reflexes to get a shot off, i can see some value. Most of the load will be absorbed by the flora and fauna long before it reaches the bird or loses its energy.
Woodcock in general do not carry shot well no matter the size
and for museum collecting of small birds, the shot size was referred to as dust, I think it comes out as a size 12
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#10 was outlawed for skeet.
If they're inhumane for skeet targets, who would shoot a live animal with them?
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aren't the nbr 10's promoted as a woodcock load?
Most of the load will be absorbed by the flora and fauna long before it reaches the bird or loses its energy.
I don't understand your use of the idiom. Fauna means animals. What animals will be absorbing the nbr 10's before they reach the woodcock?
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I use RST shells and like them a lot. I use RST #8 on quail. Never used the RST #10's though.
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