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< 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ Question on Longshot and cold weather |
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Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:57 pm
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Joined: 27 Dec 2005
Posts: 582
Location: Great Lakes
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I had a small amount of Win540 that I was using on Fall clays. Temps hit freezing @32+/- and it went from dirty to nasty dirty. Back to Unique & Green Dot for me. |
_________________ A Springer Spaniel, a 6# double and a fair day to hunt. |
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Thu Dec 08, 2016 5:06 pm
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Joined: 08 Aug 2011
Posts: 1946
Location: Central CT
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540 & 571 are filthy, I never could get a nice clean burn out of either one. |
_________________ Mark |
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Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:38 am
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Joined: 16 Jul 2015
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Location: Hudson,Wy
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Here is my experience, purely anecdotal, concerning Longshot and cold weather. Some of the loads I use in the 16 are 1 1/8 oz. loads using long shot. I have cleanly harvested birds with these loads in sub zero weather the past two years at distances that most would consider pretty darn long. If there is a drop in velocity and pressure it doesn't seem to be important. Keep in mind that most of my loads are only in the 1200 fps range to begin with. Any "duds" I have experienced with LS have been confirmed as powder leakage in shell. Preflared wads cured it. |
_________________ Only catch snowflakes on your tongue AFTER the birds fly south for the winter... |
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Tue Dec 20, 2016 4:57 pm
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Joined: 27 Dec 2010
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Location: Spokane, WA
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For what it's worth, I've been using Longshot in my 1 1/8 ounce pheasant loads for the last few years with excellent results--even in cold weather.
I hunted last Saturday in zero degree weather and my reloads with Longshot performed very well.
I've hunted in Eastern Washington, central Montana and northern South Dakota on many late season pheasant hunts in temps down to -10 below F. With no issues.
Once, in South Dakota it was -23 below zero and my Longshot load worked great--until my gun actually froze and it would not fire.
Lon |
_________________ 16 ga. Browning Citori White Lightning 28"
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Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:53 pm
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Joined: 13 Oct 2015
Posts: 151
Location: SE Ks
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Lon, would you care to list the hull and wad you're using with the 1 1/8 oz Longshot load? |
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Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:05 pm
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Joined: 27 Dec 2010
Posts: 387
Location: Spokane, WA
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I just made a lengthy, data-filled post about my "My favorite pheasant load" in a new thread.
Please check it out for all the juicy details!
Lon |
_________________ 16 ga. Browning Citori White Lightning 28"
16 ga. Browning Citori White Lightning, 28"
www.lonlauber.com |
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