9 shot

.22rimfire · January 11, 2012, 11:00 PM

will 1 1/8 onces of 9 shot work for sporting clays i just bought 25 pounds without noticing the the label and clays is what I primarily shoot

Misssissippi Dave · January 12, 2012, 07:49 AM

I shot 9 shot 1-1/8 and 1 oz. for skeet for quite some time. It works well on clays. They only problem you might have is when you try to make longer distance shots. Larger shot will reach out a bit further. I use to load 12 gauge also and tended to load my 1 oz loads just a bit hotter then target loads to be able to use them for trap as well. Those hotter loads did tend to not let me reload the same shell as many times. My main reason for loading 1 oz vs 1-1/8 oz was I could get more rounds loaded per pound of shot. Depending on if you load for target (skeet) or field loads you should be fine. If in doubt load for field loads and you should not have any problems shooting sporting clays.

P.A. Dutchman · January 12, 2012, 11:01 AM

#9 shot would work for real close sporting clay shots but that's about it. I tried it once and had less than impressive results. I hit birds with it where you could see orange dust come off of the bird but it did not break. I prefer 7 1/2 shot myself.

FrankenMauser · January 12, 2012, 02:02 PM

Buy another bag of your preferred shot size, and mix the two. It will allow you to get rid of the #9, without losing too much performance at the range.

January 11, 2012, 11:00 PM	#1
.22rimfire Member Join Date: November 24, 2011 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 18	9 shot will 1 1/8 onces of 9 shot work for sporting clays i just bought 25 pounds without noticing the the label and clays is what I primarily shoot

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FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Buy another bag of your preferred shot size, and mix the two. It will allow you to get rid of the #9, without losing too much performance at the range. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

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January 12, 2012, 07:49 AM	#2
Misssissippi Dave Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2009 Posts: 1,411	I shot 9 shot 1-1/8 and 1 oz. for skeet for quite some time. It works well on clays. They only problem you might have is when you try to make longer distance shots. Larger shot will reach out a bit further. I use to load 12 gauge also and tended to load my 1 oz loads just a bit hotter then target loads to be able to use them for trap as well. Those hotter loads did tend to not let me reload the same shell as many times. My main reason for loading 1 oz vs 1-1/8 oz was I could get more rounds loaded per pound of shot. Depending on if you load for target (skeet) or field loads you should be fine. If in doubt load for field loads and you should not have any problems shooting sporting clays.

January 12, 2012, 11:01 AM	#3
P.A. Dutchman Member Join Date: August 17, 2011 Posts: 51	#9 shot would work for real close sporting clay shots but that's about it. I tried it once and had less than impressive results. I hit birds with it where you could see orange dust come off of the bird but it did not break. I prefer 7 1/2 shot myself.