I have checked several price lists for cartridges and it seems the difference between 24 gr and 28 could be as little as £2 per thousand to app£14 hardly earth shattering savings.
as I side note how is it that there is such a variation of price in cartridges.the price of lead is the same the price of wads also the same the cases again the same so has powder really gone that crazy.there are cartridges at my local from 250 to 500 and all for clays.the price of game has gone...
we are just being shafted now.and purely because they can.they try and blame the war in Ukraine for shortages of materials but that conflict has been running for years and what about all the other conflicts that have been ongoing for decades they never caused such constant ridiculous...
while there are some who will try and claim ridiculous amounts of no birds there are grounds that I have come across that claim they do not have any no birds.if I get two no birds that is what I claim if I get twenty then I expect those deducted if not that ground will not see me again.
around 15 years ago I bought a 687eell new it did similar to what you describe locked up.so off to Derek Lee gunsmiths where he said wait there and he was back with the gun 20 minutes later all sorted apparently there was a small tab in the action that the American Market insisted on as a extra...
they can call themselves whatever they like it will not change anything.none of the so called organisations do anything to protect our sport which is why we as the sporting shooters are an endangered species.
i have used skeet and quarter for a long while and have broke clays 40 to 45 yards with no difference in the breaks.people get to hung up on chokes and distance i have seen 60+ yard targets smashed using cylinder.all with 7s 28gram.
there is plenty of knowledge to be found on the internet if its good or not is anyones guess.i would say that a coach giving you the knowledge would need to be able to set you on the practical path of using it and correcting the use.and that would i guess need to fire the gun a few more than...
i have seen a few coaches at various grounds price from 100 upwards.i was surprised at how few shots some of these involved plenty of talk.also its not just a case of how much the coach has won the pupil needs to gel with them also.
there is no dount that being overweight will in time have health consequences however my response was because it seemed to be going that to be good at this sport you need go be of athletic build.there are many great shots out there who are large and winning.
i watched some video of george winning in america i believe in april.there were others in the competition who were younger and no doubt fitter and in some a lot lighter but he came through to win.