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Dave McC · January 25, 2000, 05:07 PM

Your local library will have boooks on shotgunning under Dewey Decimal System # 799. As for the other questions....

Dram equivalent is a holdover from the black powder days,when powder was measured in drams, just like Whiskey(G). The higher the number,Load weight being equal, the higher the velocity.

Game loads are relatively low cost, and feature less round,soft(pure lead sometimes) shot. Trap loads are made to tighter lomits, and have harder shot that do not deform quite as easily. Deformed shot leave the pattern quickly and lose velocity faster.

As to shot sizes, the larger the number, the smaller the shot. # 8 is smaller than #6 shot, like a 20 ga is smaller than a 12.

Any more queries, sing out, the only stupid questions are those that don't get asked...

January 25, 2000, 05:07 PM	#2
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Your local library will have boooks on shotgunning under Dewey Decimal System # 799. As for the other questions.... Dram equivalent is a holdover from the black powder days,when powder was measured in drams, just like Whiskey(G). The higher the number,Load weight being equal, the higher the velocity. Game loads are relatively low cost, and feature less round,soft(pure lead sometimes) shot. Trap loads are made to tighter lomits, and have harder shot that do not deform quite as easily. Deformed shot leave the pattern quickly and lose velocity faster. As to shot sizes, the larger the number, the smaller the shot. # 8 is smaller than #6 shot, like a 20 ga is smaller than a 12. Any more queries, sing out, the only stupid questions are those that don't get asked...