SHOTGUN pellets...how far do they travel?
Autoloader
Hi everyone!
I would like to know how far shotgun pellets travel (say # 4, #6, #7 1/2
or even #8 shot) when shot at an 45 degree angle or so...as in shooting
sporting clays?
I am looking at buying (and building a home on eventually) some rural land
specifically for shooting clay targets on so I can have my own shotgun
playground. I'm talking about just setting up a Trius trap or something
similar and just shooting for fun. It would be private...just for the
family and friends to enjoy. (Maybe someday I would even build my own
rifle and pistol range, with a huge dirt backstop of course.)
How many square acres do you think would be enough to keep the area
*around* my property completely *safe* from shotgun pellets assuming it is
fairly CLEARED land? How about UNCLEARED land?
Does anybody here shoot like this on their property?
Any ideas for a fellow gun lover who likes this way of life?
Thanks for all of your kind help in advance.
-Joe in North Central Florida!
Carl Porter
Autoloader wrote:
#
# Hi everyone!
#
# I would like to know how far shotgun pellets travel (say # 4, #6, #7 1/2
# or even #8 shot) when shot at an 45 degree angle or so...as in shooting
# sporting clays?
#
# I am looking at buying (and building a home on eventually) some rural land
# specifically for shooting clay targets on so I can have my own shotgun
# playground. I'm talking about just setting up a Trius trap or something
# similar and just shooting for fun. It would be private...just for the
# family and friends to enjoy. (Maybe someday I would even build my own
# rifle and pistol range, with a huge dirt backstop of course.)
#
# How many square acres do you think would be enough to keep the area
# *around* my property completely *safe* from shotgun pellets assuming it is
# fairly CLEARED land? How about UNCLEARED land?
#
# Does anybody here shoot like this on their property?
#
# Any ideas for a fellow gun lover who likes this way of life?
#
# Thanks for all of your kind help in advance.
#
# -Joe in North Central Florida!
#
# Autol...@aol.com
Well at least 150 yrds for 7 shot at 60 degrees or so. Cracked the wind
shield of a friends 56 Chevy hunting dove one time. Your best bet would
be check your local shooting range to see what they have and then check
the city building codes to see what they demand and transplant it to the
country.
Dick Pearson
As I recall, the safe zone as suggested in the Winchester book, that was printed
years ago, that showed range design, was 300 yards. I Don't know if that would
include larger shot sized than 6's. My $.02.
Scot Heath wrote:
John W. Engel
In article <5uh775$g...@xring.cs.umd.edu>,
Autoloader <autol...@aol.com> wrote:
#
#Hi everyone!
#
#I would like to know how far shotgun pellets travel (say # 4, #6, #7 1/2
#or even #8 shot) when shot at an 45 degree angle or so...as in shooting
#sporting clays?
#
#I am looking at buying (and building a home on eventually) some rural land
#specifically for shooting clay targets on so I can have my own shotgun
#playground. I'm talking about just setting up a Trius trap or something
#similar and just shooting for fun. It would be private...just for the
#family and friends to enjoy. (Maybe someday I would even build my own
#rifle and pistol range, with a huge dirt backstop of course.)
#How many square acres do you think would be enough to keep the area
#*around* my property completely *safe* from shotgun pellets assuming it is
#fairly CLEARED land? How about UNCLEARED land?
#Does anybody here shoot like this on their property?
yes
#Any ideas for a fellow gun lover who likes this way of life?
Hi, Joe!
I made this descision about 20 years ago; you'll be glad you did!
In the woods about ten acres or so will do it. You might get some
gripes from people who like to complain if it is cleared land. The
'60's and 70's produced more now-adult whiners and hand-wringers than
you kin shake a stock at...
Birdshot generally doesn't go more'n about 300 yards (there are readily
available tables from the major makers), and then will fall in a
kinda gentle "rain". Been rained on by plenty of it myself at various
places. The #4 & 6 will carry a bit further than the #7-1/2 and finer,
but nuthin' to write home about.
Buckshot and all rifle and pistol will, of course, require a good
backstop, and baffles are not a bad idea on the side of the range paralleling
any roads. It really depends mostly on the lay of the land, etc.
Good luck!
whit
lmeas...@webtv.net
On 5 Sep 1997 10:21:50 -0400, Dick Pearson <rose...@inetw.net> wrote:
# As I recall, the safe zone as suggested in the Winchester book, that was printed
# years ago, that showed range design, was 300 yards. I Don't know if that would
# include larger shot sized than 6's. My $.02.
#
# Scot Heath wrote:
#
# # Autoloader (autol...@aol.com) wrote:
# #
# # : Hi everyone!
# #
# # : I would like to know how far shotgun pellets travel (say # 4, #6, #7 1/2
#
#
I would say always set the minimum regardless of the load at 300 yds as the old Winchester book stated.
While dove hunting in 1971 I caught a 7.5 pellet in the back of the neck at 275 yds that went in deep enough to have to be probed out. I don't believe that anything under 300 yds would be safe for any load.
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Joseph Widdup
Autoloader wrote:
#
# Hi everyone!
#
# I would like to know how far shotgun pellets travel (say # 4, #6, #7 1/2
# or even #8 shot) when shot at an 45 degree angle or so...as in shooting
# sporting clays?
#
# I am looking at buying (and building a home on eventually) some rural land
# specifically for shooting clay targets on so I can have my own shotgun
# playground. I'm talking about just setting up a Trius trap or something
# similar and just shooting for fun. It would be private...just for the
# family and friends to enjoy. (Maybe someday I would even build my own
# rifle and pistol range, with a huge dirt backstop of course.)
#
# How many square acres do you think would be enough to keep the area
# *around* my property completely *safe* from shotgun pellets assuming it is
# fairly CLEARED land? How about UNCLEARED land?
The Canadian Firearms saftey handbook publishes the follow data:
DANGEROUS RANGE OF A SHOTGUN WITH LEAD PELLETS
No. 9 ~375m
No. 7 1/2 ~425m
No. 6 ~475m
No. 5 ~525m
No. 4 ~575m
No. 2 ~625m
No. 0 ~1050m
No. 00 ~1100m
# Does anybody here shoot like this on their property?
Why Yes!
# Any ideas for a fellow gun lover who likes this way of life?
Keep a large safety zone and you may wish to throw down from the top of
a hill to maximize the range of the throw (I have a small Hoppes trap so
it does not throw that far). I shoot over a clay pit so I do not have
to worry about something eating the clay pieces or lead because the top
layer will end up under a building or in a road all in due time.
Be sure your neigbours are ok with this idea.
As for the ideas of a rifle range, if you can use a natural hill for a
backstop all the better. It can get expensive to move dirt (ie few
hours at 150 minimum per hour)
# Thanks for all of your kind help in advance.
#
# -Joe in North Central Florida!
#
# Autol...@aol.com
Joe in South Eastern Saskatchewan Canada.
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Tom Quackenbush
Joe -
You can use Journees's rule as a guideline for the maximum range of
lead shot:
Multiply the shot diameter (in inches) by 2200 to get the maximum
range (in yards).
e.g. #2 shot - .15 x 2200 = 330 (yards)
Incidentally, maximum range will result from a barrel elevation
between 25-35 degrees.
R,
Tom Q.
Autoloader wrote:
#
# Hi everyone!
#
# I would like to know how far shotgun pellets travel (say # 4, #6, #7
# 1/2
# or even #8 shot) when shot at an 45 degree angle or so...as in
# shooting
# sporting clays?
<SNIP>
John A. Grossbohlin
Tom Quackenbush <tqua...@crosslink.net> wrote:
#Joe -
#
# You can use Journees's rule as a guideline for the maximum range of
#lead shot:
#
# Multiply the shot diameter (in inches) by 2200 to get the maximum
#range (in yards).
#
#e.g. #2 shot - .15 x 2200 = 330 (yards)
#
# Incidentally, maximum range will result from a barrel elevation
#between 25-35 degrees.
#
Sounds like its right out of Hatcher's Notebook to me! And that is the
source I used when proposing shot size limits on my club's trap range.
With development encrouching on the range we limited the maximum shot
size to #6 to allow a 100% safety barrier between us and the closest
road down range--a road that did not exist when the range was built.
John
Catherine R. Gascoigne
# # How many square acres do you think would be enough to keep the area
# # *around* my property completely *safe* from shotgun pellets assuming it
is
# # fairly CLEARED land? How about UNCLEARED land?
Joe,
The rules in England when I lasted was involved with a club who wanted to
extedn their shoot, you had to have 300 yards of dead ground behind the
shooting point. As someone else said he has a personal experience of 150
Yards, and we do know about follwoing winds and others effects.
Roger (using Cathy's account)