I'm going to trust that this isn't lying to us :
http://www.hallowell..._size_chart.htm
Fiocchi do 7 and 7.5.
the best trap cartridges in the world are Italian.
Nicola,
that might be true for Trap shooting but in a recent article in Sporting Shooter magazine Don Brunt interviewed "ten of the country's top clay shots" who all happened to be ESP and/or FITASC Sporting competitors. All ten used British cartridges, split pretty evenly between Eley, Express, Gamebore & Hull, there might be some EU components in there but still manufactured in Britain.
Matt,
Plenty of those types of shot size charts about and they do make interesting reading for nerds and insomniacs :lol: :.: :lol:
For 1 ounce (28g) loads, Italian size 7 (English 6) has 291 pellets whereas English size 8 has 472 pellets, an increase of 62% !!
If you are confident that, for the clay you are shooting at, the 8's have the striking energy to kill why wouldn't you want extra pellets in the load? This is also true of English 9s, there are 568 of those little rascals, if they will break the clay you are all but doubling the number of pellets over the Italian 7.
The name of this game is kills, no marks for style, I'm not going to trot out the usual 25 chips better than_, but it's true. Don't get me wrong it's very satisfying to see a clay vaporize but doesn't count for anymore on the results sheet.
The only thing I'd say to finish is that following another cartridge thread on either this or another well known forum I firmly believe that the worst cartridge is still better than the best shooter. Once you have decided on a shot size that puts the odds in your favour, pick a cartridge that is comfortable on the shoulder and that is about it. The remaining criteria are basically down to either what you can afford or what you are prepared to spend. After that you might as well pick on a colour that matches your skeet vest!
My two pennies worth.
Mr Potter
