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by John Meeker, Wednesday, January 02, 2013, 09:32 (4345 days ago) @ John Meeker

Ammo:

1-1/8 oz, for serious competition. 1 oz for fun , casual competition or practice.

Bigger shot breaks the hard birds- choose 7-1/2. What you give up in pattern density, you regain in pellet mass for breaking hard irds, or those birds on the fringe of the engagement envelope.

All shot sizes work at 5 meters. 0 buck has a more dense pattern than 00 or 0, and extends the effective range a bit in a modified choke gun. On bad persons , makes effective range perhaps 15 meters. Bigger shot has a tad bit ( technical engineering term) more whack at 15-20 m, but pattern density is such that a fairly large target may remain unscathed at 20-25 m.

Rio is EXCELLENT ammo. Can't compare to Brand X, as I dont know what Brand X is.

Guns

Browning B525 is a known quantity- good gun. I suspect the others are too.

If they are available on the national market you inhabit, find an old Ithaca Model 37 if you can. Less frightening to the local high muckety-mucks and an excellent sporting gun. Damn good weapon, too. Pump guns function better with crappy ammo- you can YANK the handle and eject a stuck case.

Good Luck - I I can help further John can give you my address, if you wish.

Thank God I live in Texas.