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Laz · August 24, 2009, 10:15 AM

Hello there, Agent00 in beautiful Austria. I have a Baikal (labeled under Remington Spartan) coach gun which I keep around the property. I also have a pump. I'm no expert but what I keep loaded in the Baikal is 2 3/4 inch Sellier & Bellot PCS12 00 Buck. It has 12 pellets. I keep the pump loaded with regular American-made (Remington, Winchester, or Federal) 9 pellet 2 3/4 inch 00 Buck. The reason I do this is because I have a good supply of the S&B and reserve it for the side-by-side because it has a significantly longer unfired overall length due to the way it is manufactured and I prefer to load the magazine of the pump with the slightly shorter American 9 pellet loads figuring the longer S&B loads put just that much more tension on the magazine spring when loaded. The velocity of the S&B is less but the payload is more. For my purposes I consider that a fair trade.

August 24, 2009, 10:15 AM	#3
Laz Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 1999 Posts: 1,278	Hello there, Agent00 in beautiful Austria. I have a Baikal (labeled under Remington Spartan) coach gun which I keep around the property. I also have a pump. I'm no expert but what I keep loaded in the Baikal is 2 3/4 inch Sellier & Bellot PCS12 00 Buck. It has 12 pellets. I keep the pump loaded with regular American-made (Remington, Winchester, or Federal) 9 pellet 2 3/4 inch 00 Buck. The reason I do this is because I have a good supply of the S&B and reserve it for the side-by-side because it has a significantly longer unfired overall length due to the way it is manufactured and I prefer to load the magazine of the pump with the slightly shorter American 9 pellet loads figuring the longer S&B loads put just that much more tension on the magazine spring when loaded. The velocity of the S&B is less but the payload is more. For my purposes I consider that a fair trade. __________________ Laz I’m just a nobody, trying to tell everybody, about Somebody, who can save anybody.