BIOR or Fibre?

[Geordieboy]

Thanks for a useful experiment but as all the shells are mid to top end shells it would be interesting to see how a basic shell with lower antimony compares and perhaps save some money. As mentioned Eley Select 9s does the job for me. 

I went in to the shop to get those very shells.... However, they had no stock. 

All of the shell suppliers are way behind and the gunshops are just taking stock of what they can get.

I will pattern that shell when I can get my hands on them and report it here 

 

[chesterse]

Sorry should have quoted Geordieboys report!

I went in to the shop to get those very shells.... However, they had no stock. 

All of the shell suppliers are way behind and the gunships are just taking stock of what they can get.

I will pattern that shell when I can get my hands on them and report it here 

Thanks or similar shell - that would be interesting

 

[Charliedog]

So then, results of my pattern test.

My Superb 7.5 plastics at 20yds - 10" diameter pattern

Fiocchi f3 BIOR - 18" pattern

Superb 8 fibre - 19" pattern

Hull Pro Piston 9's - 20" pattern

I am now happy. Without a doubt, shooting 2 fixed chokes LF/LF, there is a definite advantage in having a shell that opens up. When you see the 10" pattern, you have to be Bob on on the close stuff!

Any photos of them please?

 

[Geordieboy]

Any photos of them please?

I'll colour them up and take pictures in the light. 9's are teeny weeny and hard to see

Just so you know, the Superb 8's measure a pretty consistent 8.75......

 

[Charliedog]

I'll colour them up and take pictures in the light. 9's are teeny weeny and hard to see

Just so you know, the Superb 8's measure a pretty consistent 8.75......

Great, thankyou, quite a surprising result to be fair

 

[Geordieboy]

The first pattern us the superb plaswad 7.5 . Just left of centre.

2nd the F3 BIOR

3rd the Hull Pro Piston 9

4th the Superb Fibre 8's

Sorry, but you'll have to zoom in. My black marker had dried up!

 

[Charliedog]

Great, thankyou, so probably a cheapish fibre 8 would be useful for close targets, worth thinking about

 

[Geordieboy]

Great, thankyou, so probably a cheapish fibre 8 would be useful for close targets, worth thinking about

If your gun shoots tight patterns with your usual shells, I'd say that a cheap fibre with low antimony would definitely be the shell.

 

[Welsh postie]

Use a skeet cartridge I use RC2 skeet or cheddite drago skeet both 24grm and developed for those 20yd clays 

 

[Geordieboy]

Thanks for a useful experiment but as all the shells are mid to top end shells it would be interesting to see how a basic shell with lower antimony compares and perhaps save some money. As mentioned Eley Select 9s does the job for me. 

So I found an old box of Fiocchi 28grm TT Ones 7.5's.

I patterned it at 20yds and it gave me a 15" diameter pattern  which is bigger than my 9" Superb pattern at the same range.

Certainly at £70/1000 cheaper than Hull Pro Puston that's enough of a shell for me to shoot out to 30yds comfortably.

 

[ColinD]

So are you compensating for the superb plastic when you shoot them, as their high and left of centre  

 

[Geordieboy]

So are you compensating for the superb plastic when you shoot them, as their high and left of centre  

The target was moving .........