How do you "dust" clay pigeons? - Page 2

Thermodyne · June 21, 2009, 02:44 PM

Big loads of #9 shot with light loads of powder. Chamber bore, and lot of practice until you get used to the slow loads.

brooksironworks · March 17, 2012, 06:37 AM

Dave, Please elaborate the POC

"With a load of 7.5s, 10 Points Of Constriction work for trap singles when it's cold, 15-20 POC when warmer.

Skeet demands at least 8s,8.5s or 9s with 0,5 or 10 POC."

what is your starting point? cylinder..........

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Dave McC · March 17, 2012, 09:34 AM

Be careful what you write on the Net, it becomes immortal and can haunt you....

A Point Of Constriction is .001. A Thousandth of an inch.Choke is measured thus.

Depending on who you ask, Cylinder has NO POCs. It's a true cylinder from the forcing cone in front of the chamber to the muzzle. POCs occur close to the muzzle,

Improved Cylinder has 10, Modified 20, Full 30 and Extra Full 40.

Skeet chokes can have negative choke, being bigger diameter, not smaller than the bore. Some skeet chokes have a bit of choke, say 5 POC.

Hope that sorts things out, holler if there's more 'splaining needed...

TheKlawMan · March 17, 2012, 07:54 PM

I can't see the dust, but about 2 or three in a hundred hopped a good foot or more straight up in the air the other day and I didn't see any pieces fall. Thus, they were lost birds and they told me to I was hitting too low.

zippy13 · March 17, 2012, 10:52 PM

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...hopped a good foot or more straight up in the air the other day and I didn't see any pieces fall.

Don't you just hate it when that happens?

olddrum1 · March 17, 2012, 11:37 PM

Its all that cheap rubber shot your using.

.300 Weatherby Mag · March 18, 2012, 12:34 AM

12 gauge #9 1 1/8 oz AA loads smack them pretty good... Especially out of an XS Skeet

TheKlawMan · March 18, 2012, 03:53 AM

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Its all that cheap rubber shot your using.

I think it must be a mean streak that runs in the Citori line. Like the .410 that laughs at BigJim, mine is particularly myrthful given all the opportunities it has too humiliate me..

TheKlawMan · March 18, 2012, 03:55 AM

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...hopped a good foot or more straight up in the air the other day and I didn't see any pieces fall.

Don't you just hate it when that happens?

It's as though those clays are bewitched!

zippy13 · March 18, 2012, 02:32 PM

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How do you "dust" clay pigeons?

A feather duster?

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It's as though those clays are bewitched!

My friend, you're just now figuring that out?

TheKlawMan · March 18, 2012, 05:41 PM

Zippy's picture of a feather duster was the final straw. Out of respect for this august board, I tried to restrain myself from mentioning how I preferred my pigeons to be dusted. The ultimate manner is with a feather duster wileded by a comely young thing in a skimpy maids uniform.

mo84 · March 19, 2012, 07:12 AM

Full choke 10 gage does it well. Full choke 12 gage works too. You just have to hit it right

zippy13 · March 19, 2012, 11:29 AM

A Skeet choked .410-bore does the trick,

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You just have to hit it right

June 21, 2009, 02:44 PM	#26
Thermodyne Senior Member Join Date: June 2, 2009 Posts: 111	Big loads of #9 shot with light loads of powder. Chamber bore, and lot of practice until you get used to the slow loads.

March 17, 2012, 06:37 AM	#27
brooksironworks Junior Member Join Date: April 27, 2011 Posts: 8	Dave, Please elaborate the POC "With a load of 7.5s, 10 Points Of Constriction work for trap singles when it's cold, 15-20 POC when warmer. Skeet demands at least 8s,8.5s or 9s with 0,5 or 10 POC." what is your starting point? cylinder.......... [email protected]

March 17, 2012, 09:34 AM	#28
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Be careful what you write on the Net, it becomes immortal and can haunt you.... A Point Of Constriction is .001. A Thousandth of an inch.Choke is measured thus. Depending on who you ask, Cylinder has NO POCs. It's a true cylinder from the forcing cone in front of the chamber to the muzzle. POCs occur close to the muzzle, Improved Cylinder has 10, Modified 20, Full 30 and Extra Full 40. Skeet chokes can have negative choke, being bigger diameter, not smaller than the bore. Some skeet chokes have a bit of choke, say 5 POC. Hope that sorts things out, holler if there's more 'splaining needed...

March 17, 2012, 07:54 PM	#29
TheKlawMan Junior member Join Date: June 23, 2009 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 2,149	I can't see the dust, but about 2 or three in a hundred hopped a good foot or more straight up in the air the other day and I didn't see any pieces fall. Thus, they were lost birds and they told me to I was hitting too low.

March 17, 2012, 11:37 PM	#31
olddrum1 Senior Member Join Date: March 23, 2008 Location: Mid Missouri Posts: 807	Its all that cheap rubber shot your using.

March 18, 2012, 12:34 AM	#32
.300 Weatherby Mag Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2008 Posts: 1,777	12 gauge #9 1 1/8 oz AA loads smack them pretty good... Especially out of an XS Skeet

March 18, 2012, 05:41 PM	#36
TheKlawMan Junior member Join Date: June 23, 2009 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 2,149	Zippy's picture of a feather duster was the final straw. Out of respect for this august board, I tried to restrain myself from mentioning how I preferred my pigeons to be dusted. The ultimate manner is with a feather duster wileded by a comely young thing in a skimpy maids uniform.

March 19, 2012, 07:12 AM	#37
mo84 Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 257	Full choke 10 gage does it well. Full choke 12 gage works too. You just have to hit it right