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<blockquote data-quote="Broken Brow" data-source="post: 528857" data-attributes="member: 34141"><p>When you are looking at Hevi-Shot, Remington HD, Winchester Xtended Range, Hevi-13, and <span style="color: #363636"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ITX Extreme Turkey Trauma-13</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> shot (#4's – #7's), larger shot has several advantages over smaller shot:</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Flatter trajectory</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Less wind drift</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Greater penetration (when looking at equal velocities)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Larger shot sizes are legal in all states</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">So why use smaller HTL shot for long range then? Because the limiting factor for HTL will almost always be pattern density rather than penetration.</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Smaller pellets mean more pellets in loads of equal weight. More pellets give the potential for denser patterns.</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Denser patterns will give you more range.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">If you are getting the minimum 100 pellets in a 10-inch circle, you can assume the penetration is there with HTL. Use the smallest pellets you can and adjust your POA as necessary.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Broken Brow, post: 528857, member: 34141"] When you are looking at Hevi-Shot, Remington HD, Winchester Xtended Range, Hevi-13, and [COLOR=#363636][FONT=Arial]ITX Extreme Turkey Trauma-13[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial] shot (#4’s – #7’s), larger shot has several advantages over smaller shot:[/FONT] [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Flatter trajectory[/FONT] [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Less wind drift[/FONT] [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Greater penetration (when looking at equal velocities)[/FONT] [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Larger shot sizes are legal in all states[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]So why use smaller HTL shot for long range then? Because the limiting factor for HTL will almost always be pattern density rather than penetration.[/FONT][FONT=Arial] Smaller pellets mean more pellets in loads of equal weight. More pellets give the potential for denser patterns.[/FONT][FONT=Arial] Denser patterns will give you more range.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]If you are getting the minimum 100 pellets in a 10-inch circle, you can assume the penetration is there with HTL. Use the smallest pellets you can and adjust your POA as necessary.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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