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General Gun Discussion => Ammunition and Re-Loading => Topic started by: FreakShow on October 12, 2017, 08:00:16 PM

Title: Need some education
Post by: FreakShow on October 12, 2017, 08:00:16 PM
Looking at 410 shotgun shells. is see different numbers for pellets #4, #5, #6. what's the meaning and difference between them. Just bought a Snake Slayer from Chris. Want to make sure i get the bang for the buck.. i know that was a cheesy joke
Title: Re: Need some education
Post by: NormH3 on October 12, 2017, 08:09:52 PM
The larger the number the smaller the pellet size. The smaller the pellet, the more there are in a shell.
Title: Re: Need some education
Post by: Cbmarine on October 12, 2017, 08:49:46 PM
The larger the number the smaller the pellet size. The smaller the pellet, the more there are in a shell.
I've always been averse to simplistic understandable answers :)
To be precise, here's what is on Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_(bore_diameter)). At least the last sentence is understandable.
The gauge of a firearm is a unit of measurement used to express the inner diameter (bore diameter) of the barrel. Gauge is determined from the weight of a solid sphere of lead that will fit the bore of the firearm, and is expressed as the multiplicative inverse of the sphere's weight as a fraction of a pound, e.g., a one-twelfth pound ball fits a 12-gauge bore. Thus there are twelve 12-gauge balls per pound, etc.
Title: Re: Need some education
Post by: FreakShow on October 12, 2017, 11:04:25 PM
Thank you both for the education
Title: Re: Need some education
Post by: Radnor on October 13, 2017, 11:44:19 AM
CB, you beat me to it....  That's the example I use when teaching scouts their SG merit badge.
Title: Re: Need some education
Post by: Just Bill on October 14, 2017, 01:13:33 PM
Todd...is that when their eyes glaze over that they go to sleep???  I always have some that obviously are not listening, maybe with a phone or something else.  That is when I tell them I will use that gadget as a target for the scouts to shoot at.