I was wondering what 3 1/2 inch shells everyone recommends that i can put through my shotgun..

 

do they make any 3 1/2 inch slugs?

 

do they make any with more then 2 1/4 ounce?

 

do they sell them in bulk?

...your shoulder will thank you later...

What do you need 3 1/2 shells for? 2 3/4 is more than enough.

idk but i continually think this guy has never heard of google!

didnt see anything on google.... and i was asking what guys on here use and have good results with

What do you need 3 1/2 shells for? 2 3/4 is more than enough.

 

max power and distance....

you dont hunt, and only rarely shoot clay. theres no need to use 3.5 shells. just like i told you that you dont need a 375 H&H, just to have.

max power and distance....

 

2 3/4 will do just fine

 

Why do I bother with you.

you dont hunt, and only rarely shoot clay. theres no need to use 3.5 shells. just like i told you that you dont need a 375 H&H, just to have.

 

i plan on water fowl hunting in the near future

And I want to try my 3 1/2" buckshot one day when someone shows-up at my club with a gun that will shoot them!

 

Why Ray, just because........................

max power and distance....

This is a fallacy concerning the 3.5" shell. Bigger is not always better. Its development came at the behest of adding more steel to the 12 ga. 3" shell and trying to be the equivalent of the 10 ga. Spend the dough and get a lead-alternative that's heavier than steel and provides better downrange ballistics. You could shoot ducks and geese with heavy 2 3/4" shells when lead was legal years ago, and in most gauges depending upon field circumstances and range.Those days are gone. Now you need to shoot non-toxic shot, steel was the first alternative, and was poorly received. Gradual development of loads and heftier shells, buffering, special wads and then non-toxic alternatives to steel as shotshell makers addressed the limitations of steel. This has been a continual process for a couple of decades now.

 

3.5" slugs - Used to be made by Lightfield, but I believe they've been discontinued. I could be wrong. (Google search them.)They weren't all they were cracked up to be anyway. If you want definitive slug gun info, follow the Slug Shooters forum on ShotgunWorld.

 

Steel waterfowl shells do come 25/box.

 

3" - max. 2 oz. (lead)

3.5" - max. 2 1/4 oz. (lead)

 

Be it lead or steel, how many "pellet difference" do you think you are talking between the two load volumes?

 

*Look at specs. of published velocities for each load and then compare to lighter payloads as well as for 2 3/4" shells. You'll be surprised at how slow some of these heavy loads travel.

 

This is a good read on one person's opinion of the 3 1/2" shell and some history: http://www.chuckhawk...alf_12gauge.htm

I use Remington 3.5" buckshot deer hunting. Lightfield still makes the 3.5" slug if you're more of a masochist than I.

Parker, thanks for answering better than I could've.

I use Remington 3.5" buckshot deer hunting. Lightfield still makes the 3.5" slug if you're more of a masochist than I.

I wasn't aware Lightfield is still making this slug. Those are brutal numbers it boasts.

 

Some of my ruminations on buckshot:

When broken down from the sum of its parts, 00 buck are .33 cal. pellets at 9mm velocities with a ballistically inefficient ball shaped projectile. Provided patterns stay dense (inside a 12" circle,) buckshot up close and out to 40-50 yds. can be pretty debilitating to its quarry. That Remington 3 1/2" Nitro load is rated at a velocity of 1125fps. For 18 pellets, that delivers about 2736 ft./lbs. of energy at the muzzle. The recoil to the user is equally as punishing. Each individual pellet (54 grs.) generates only 152 ft/lbs. of energy at the muzzle. That's about the muzzle energy of a .32ACP. Remington's 12 pellet & 9 pellet 00 buckshot loads that travel at 1290fps & 1325fps do hit with a bit more authority when measured on an individual pellet basis, but their combined energy is less due to less pellets. I would always choose the fastest AND best patterning load at my maximum shooting distance, not necessarily the load with the most combined energy.

 

Yes, there are scores of people who are successful with buckshot each year on game, and used under the right circumstances, it's potent medicine. Stretch the distance where patterns get poor and energy drops off, and it's a classic wounder on game.

before you try and shoot 3 1/2" ammo does your gun accept 3 1/2" shellls? what kind of gun?

 

i have a mossberg 835 for turkey, it has a 3 1/2" chamber. i spent a good amount of money patterning the weapon with 3 1/2" shells. honestly aside from much more recoil to the shooter...on paper i didnt see a difference to keep shooting them. killed a couple turkeys stone dead out to 45 yards with 3" winchester supreme #5s.

 

as for waterfowl....todays 3" loads can carry 2oz of shot. thats plenty! if you need more than 2oz of shot for ducks and geese than i would say the shooter needs to practice more and hunt less.

 

 

as for buckshot. you HAVE to pattern it. you find the right load and its awesome out to 50 yards. whichever gun you have see if you can get a patternmaster choke for it. those things make everyone look like a good shot. I have an old stevens side by side 12ga. terrible gun for small game. it LOVES #1 plated/buffered buckshot by winchester. you gotta find what they like.

before you try and shoot 3 1/2" ammo does your gun accept 3 1/2" shellls? what kind of gun?

 

i have a mossberg 835 for turkey, it has a 3 1/2" chamber. i spent a good amount of money patterning the weapon with 3 1/2" shells. honestly aside from much more recoil to the shooter...on paper i didnt see a difference to keep shooting them. killed a couple turkeys stone dead out to 45 yards with 3" winchester supreme #5s.

 

as for waterfowl....todays 3" loads can carry 2oz of shot. thats plenty! if you need more than 2oz of shot for ducks and geese than i would say the shooter needs to practice more and hunt less.

 

 

as for buckshot. you HAVE to pattern it. you find the right load and its awesome out to 50 yards. whichever gun you have see if you can get a patternmaster choke for it. those things make everyone look like a good shot. I have an old stevens side by side 12ga. terrible gun for small game. it LOVES #1 plated/buffered buckshot by winchester. you gotta find what they like.

 

i got a nitro mag remington tactical (ordered the rifled barrel) .... just ordered a lot of 2 1/4 ounce 3.5 inch.... i was invited by a engineer and GC to go duck hunting with them in south jersey

And I want to try my 3 1/2" buckshot one day when someone shows-up at my club with a gun that will shoot them!

 

Why Ray, just because........................

 

is this mike B?

is this mike B?

 

Yes, this is Mike B, M4BGRINGO is something some old employees of mine came up with.

Yes, this is Mike B, M4BGRINGO is something some old employees of mine came up with.

 

i figured... i just saw the car in the avatar.... this is jared.... i talked to you at etown a bunch of times with neil, al, and danny

I'm really BAD with names, but I usually remember faces. My boy Danny LOVES to talk! Al has some really nice stuff, he hunted all his life with his father. Trying to get Danny to get his FID, he's afraid of getting into another expensive hobby!

buy a 10 ga .if I wanted to throw that much lead with a shell thats as long as a road flare at least a 10 would be heavy enough to soak up some recoil

I'm really BAD with names, but I usually remember faces. My boy Danny LOVES to talk! Al has some really nice stuff, he hunted all his life with his father. Trying to get Danny to get his FID, he's afraid of getting into another expensive hobby!

 

yea neil is usually good for 2 cell phone bars or a headache... danny always has good stuff to say and i been meaning to go with al down to dannys to see the diesel camaro and how it came out... als got some nice stuff and i been mainly going with him to the ranges for the past few months shooting.... were going saturday to shoot some clays

buy a 10 ga .if I wanted to throw that much lead with a shell thats as long as a road flare at least a 10 would be heavy enough to soak up some recoil

 

yea thats next.... i was looking at a 10 ga 3 1/2 inch semi auto on gun broker.... might pick that up next week

I love shooting clays. I go all over the place doing that when I have time.

yea thats next.... i was looking at a 10 ga 3 1/2 inch semi auto on gun broker.... might pick that up next week

 

Go for it

I love shooting clays. I go all over the place doing that when I have time.

 

yea me too.... unfortunantly i just picked up a 1 piece fiberglass front end and fiberglass doors for my chevelle.... so im not going to have any spare time while i prep it for paint to put on the car...

Go for it

 

i need a 10 ga in the collection so i need to find a ffl to transfer it to

Hey Jared, I have 8 boxes of 12 gauge 3 1/2 inch unplated shot 4 Buck (54 Pellets) I would love to trade away for other ammo:

 

http://www.winchester.com/products/shotshell-ammunition/super-x/buckshot/Pages/XB12L4.aspx

 

It was purchased by mistake, thinking it was 2 3/4 a while back.