Recoil Rob
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It's often been said that in the NE you never need to shoot more than 100yds. but on opening day of the regular season this year I had to pass up a large bodied buck & doe because they were over 200 yds. away, across a field, and I was in shotgun & slug territory.
This lead me to think about my ML's, an Austin & Halleck 420 and a Ruger 77/50.
In the A&H (26" barrel) I've been shooting Barnes 300g. Expanders w/sabots w/2 Clean Shot or Pyrodex pellets, 100gr. total. I have it 1" high at 50yds. figured I'd be good out to 100yds. But passing on that buck gets me wondering what kind of range I can wring out of it with 3 pellets and where it should hit @100yds to get maximum point blank.
I haven't shot the Ruger yet, it has a 21" barrel, less time for powder to burn but a much lighter gun. Any ideas how this would perform with 3 pellets? Is the barrel too short to burn the charge efficiently?
My thoughts are to maybe set the Ruger up with 2 pellets for still hunting and take advantage of the A&H's longer barrel and use 3 pellets. Also has some more weight to soak up the recoil but I'm not particularly recoil sensitive after years of 12ga slug hunting.
Appreciate your thoughts on where my zero should be on both guns.
thanks,
Rob
This lead me to think about my ML's, an Austin & Halleck 420 and a Ruger 77/50.
In the A&H (26" barrel) I've been shooting Barnes 300g. Expanders w/sabots w/2 Clean Shot or Pyrodex pellets, 100gr. total. I have it 1" high at 50yds. figured I'd be good out to 100yds. But passing on that buck gets me wondering what kind of range I can wring out of it with 3 pellets and where it should hit @100yds to get maximum point blank.
I haven't shot the Ruger yet, it has a 21" barrel, less time for powder to burn but a much lighter gun. Any ideas how this would perform with 3 pellets? Is the barrel too short to burn the charge efficiently?
My thoughts are to maybe set the Ruger up with 2 pellets for still hunting and take advantage of the A&H's longer barrel and use 3 pellets. Also has some more weight to soak up the recoil but I'm not particularly recoil sensitive after years of 12ga slug hunting.
Appreciate your thoughts on where my zero should be on both guns.
thanks,
Rob