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I had asked the manager at Atwood’s if they could get another case of #6 high brass in and she said to check back later. Stopped in yesterday and she had found one box of Fiocchi high brass #6 and had put them back for me. Never shot blaze orange shotgun shells before, but they rocked 7 squirrels out this morning.....7 shots = 7 squirrels. I like em. Hope I can get my hands on a few more boxes. This is a picture of #8’s, but the ones I was shooting were #6’s.
Also got to do some buck scouting. No scrapes last weekend......lots today! I watched a young 4 point eating white oak acorns for at least 10 minutes before he wandered off. Snuck right up on him, even though I was wearing blaze orange and shooting the shotgun four or five times before I came across him. I do enjoy Fall.
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I'm not sure but I don't think there's any advantage to high brass shell's anymore. Years ago, pre 3" if I remember right, high brass was used to assist with mag shells and their low base. Anymore I don't think it really matter's as I suspect the base height is pretty much the same in all 2 3/4" shells. There used to be low base and high base, speaking of the base wad inside the shell. Low base used high brass and high base used low brass.
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I don't know if I agree. Those low brass shells don't seem to kick my shoulder like the high brass do. I'm shooting my grandpa's Remington Wingmaster that he shot in the late 60's & 70's............no pad on the stock. High brass shells kick harder and they reach up in the top of the trees better. I know I have a better kill ratio with the high brass. I hate shooting out a squirrel, then he hits the ground and runs into a hole and I know I've wounded him, but I can't get to him. So he dies a slow death and I move on in search of the next one. I feel like it's part of the duty of the hunter to put em down quickly, whatever the quarry is. If I don't have a good clear head shot, I won't shoot. Dad always told me NOT shoot squirrels in the butt and DON'T SHOOT if it's too close.......better to let him get away and hunt him again another time than make a mess out of him now. So I try really hard to kill em quick and cleanly.
I have scoured around and have managed to find 4 boxes of 12 gauge #6 high brass and 1 box of #5. I'm set for the rest of this year and probably next year too. I won't shoot 125 more times this year.
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Your right! High brass equals low base. Low base equals more powder and shot in the shell equals more recoil. Today the hight brass shells probably do have a somewhat heavier recoil but I suspect high base shells use a higher weight of shot.Originally Posted by GoTennTitans
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If he likes those Federals he ought to give Estates a try. I bought a flat of Estate 16ga 8's for dove hunting. Still have some but also reload them. Either Estate makes Federal or the other way around. Good shells.
I'll de-prime the hulls and give them a wipe down with wd-40 on the "brass" before storing them for later re-loading.
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