Shotgun Shells

[@franciscojaneth8328]

great video.... I recently got my first shotgun [mossberg 500] and this was a big help for me on understanding shotgun ammo. thx

[@dopihead]

i just went out and shot my typhoon F12 for the first time. Little did i know the shell i had bought was the one you had said gives you nothing but problems lol (And yes it gave me nothing but problems too) Going to try 3 1/4 DR. EQ. next. Thanks for all the good info!

[@redroverredrover5311]

@Travis Thacker oh and I just bought 250 rds 2 3/4 dram 1180 fps for a DP-12 12 ga

[@victorgarner3331]

First time shotgun owner ,thanks you for the good information.

[@jarkoer]

I've shot shotguns in the military, but I never owned one myself until the Wednesday before you put this video out! Great timing. Great info! Thanks for explaining those numbers on the ammo box.

[@rippertrain]

Having you shoot a video home on a Friday night makes me feel not as bad watching your video at home on a Friday night lol keep up the good work.

[@uebe8669]

I use the AA for my 12 gauge semi and my 20 gauge O/U. 12 gauge I use the exact same ammo you had at the end. 20 gauge, it’s the exact same load but it’s 3 dram and 7/8 ounce of 7 1/2 shot. Travels the same 1300 fps. $12 per box or so is better than the $10 per box being spent on lesser ammo that has more issues. Great video and it reinforced my thoughts I’ve had when I shoot clays.

[@seanmcaleavy2369]

Thank you for the info! I learned a lot from this video.

[@stevenbrown836]

Good Lookin'Out for SHOTGUN NEWBIES>> THANKS!! Probably saved me a lot of $$$ from trial and error....on stuff I just shouldn't buy or NEED!! I know older rifles, plus these ar-15 pistol/rifles, but not shotguns. U were the second one I watched...the 1st couldn't make heads or tales outta his lingo••• u da man!

[@MrMjsmith626]

I think you done a better than outstanding job Bigdaddy...I've been shooting shotguns since I was 10 years old,this is very good information.One thing though Bigdaddy,Este te ammo is made by Federal ammunition company,Estate is basically a lower price version of Federal ammunition,the quality is every bit as good,but you pay a little bit less price for the same exact loads.They use CCI primers same as the federal loads do...Oohrah!!. GOOD STUFF!!.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Didn't know that, great info.. Thanks for the wonderful comment my friend.

[@guerom1367]

Thank for the wisdom. I'm having problems cycling ammo in my lynx 12. But then again I'm cheap and been feeding it a bunch of cheap old ammo I got at a yard sale.lol

[@sempernarc]

birdshot= 4th setting on gas, anything else walk it down to 2 or 1 for buckshot/slugs, def 1 for magnum loads, good luck!~

[@mariodouglas585]

Recently shot my shotgun this weekend ran a little bit of everything the estate was some of the first stuff I bought and the AA handicap shoots really well

[@dnngskn62]

Thanks for posting Big Daddy. I own shotguns but have not bought one in forty years. Fixing to buy a couple and this vid spot on and right on time.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Good deal, keep me posted on what you get. Thanks Donnie

[@Elmo1970A]

Great video with a lot of good information. I have done lots of testing with loads while shooting sporting clays and trying to get an advantage on some buddies that shoot better than I do. One thing that will make a difference in your choice of shells is your gun. I have used a Remington 1100 and I recently bought me a Beretta A390, I agree with Big Daddy on the Estate (cheap and they work). The 1100 would have cycling issues with any rounds less than 3 dram. The A390 will feed anything and spit it out, never has jammed. Both are semi's so they shoot real soft. Now, if you have an older Fox double barrel or even a nice over under you may not want to go cramming the 3 1/4 and 1 1/8 (oz weight affects recoil too) shells in it, and you will most likely be sorry after about 100 rounds if shooting skeet/clays etc. as it is going to kick the crap out of you lol... The 3 dram Remington Gun Club shells also are cheap and work well. Just my .02....

[@genesmiley3727]

Good video, I would like to add that you should also pay attention to hull material. My Girsan will cycle 3 dram Remmington clay and field loads with ease. They have the smooth plastic shell with brass base. But, it will choke on Winchester 3 dram loads with the aluminum base. It does a little better with the Estate polished steel base shells, but not much. I can even move up to Winchester 3 1/2 dram aluminum base shells and it will jam. The brass base expands and contracts more uniformly than aluminum, thus it extracts better. I even have trouble out of my pump guns with aluminum base shells. A good chamber polish will sometimes help with aluminum. ps, I bought the ASI Ultramax shotgun off of your recommendation. On sale for $150.00. May buy another.

[@tomsmithbowhunting]

You gave out some good info and explained it well big daddy. Respect.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Thanks Sir..

[@MrMjsmith626]

The parent company that owns federal cartridge,estate cartridge,CCI is ATK,it USED to be called CCI OMARK INDUSTRIES some years ago Bigdaddy.I still have some of the original CCI Stingers that are labeled as such.

[@mattdee9296]

About to be owned by vista outdoors, a Czech company, non-American company

[@dubbShow5]

This video couldn’t be more helpful!!! Thank You! I hope to see many more

[@lmomechtech7709]

Thanks for taking the time for some shotgun education, well worth the look see.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

My pleasure! Thanks for the comment my friend.

[@johngiff2978]

Thanks so..... much. I have hunted and reloaded all my life and never really understood the dram piece.

[@bbmopar3834b]

Such a great video! I never knew any of that. I'll be looking at ammo for shot gun in an all new way. Thank you so much! Liked and subscribed!

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Just bought a few cases of Winchester AA 2 3/4", 3 1/2 Dram Eq., 1oz, 7 1/2 shot with 1350 velocity. This works in 99% of every shotgun I own. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the comment and support. Now let's go shoot some shotguns...lol. Thanks Andrew.

[@UziNineMillomeetah]

great info big daddy. even my 590a1 gets hung up once in a while with the low brass target loads.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

What dram were you using?

[@UziNineMillomeetah]

not sure. i've had good luck with the winchester target loads running at 1325 fps. the lower power federal stuff seems to be what my 590 and my old 870 both hate.

[@Brahma-Astra]

Thats a great video n it helped me a lot. Keep on the great work big daddy we all love u!!!!

[@Tripp426]

Thanks for the info. I always wondered what the dram equivalent was referring to. I've never owned a semi-auto shotgun (always went the pump-action route) but this is good to know for when I do pick one up.

[@EverydayNation]

Now that is a beautiful shotgun! You ever shoot at the public Skeet & Trap Range down in your neck of the woods?

[@zanegardner6488]

great video as always! makes everyday a little better when bigdaddyhoffman uploads a video

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Thanks Zane! Have a great evening.

[@The_Mr_knife]

Thanks man this helps out a lot.

[@MoshotheSpear]

Nice vid. Have you ever tried Estate 00 buck? A box of 25 is usually under 20 bucks. On sale for 16.99 at my local academy. It's cheap, patterns ok, and it looks cool. It has plastic instead of a crimp and you can see the shot in the shell.

[@bellaanditsy]

This was such a good video especially for a female that is new to all of this at 43. Printing out that chart

[@williamalanwilliams8182]

real good in i'm learning more each time.. thanks for posting buddy.. Bill formative video Big Daddy Now i know nothing about cartridges because it's all new to me, but thanks to you,

[@ngrossley]

Thank you sir... You explained this well.

[@oscaraldretee]

Bird and Target shot- Winchester Super Speed 7.5 shot Buck- Sellier & Bellot 00 Buck Slug- Remington Slugger or Federal Flite Control

[@TakeDetour]

That you for the lesson BigDaddy!

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

My pleasure! Thanks for the comment my friend.

[@flashider556]

thanks for sharing this tip; you have a very nice shotgun collection BigDaddy.

[@isaiah82682]

thanks for the info. it really helped

[@chris2crazzy]

I LIKE THE WINCHESTER #6 HIGH BRASS...ITS VERY ACCURATE AT 50 YARDS

[@WorldofArcades]

Thanks sharing your opinion with us. This helps alot.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

My pleasure Michael. Thanks!!!

[@ShotgunShooter6666]

Good information and as you can tell, I love me some shotguns.

[@joewhiteman9462]

man just learned alot for ur video.thanx.

[@treerat7631]

Fedreal, CCI, Estate are all owned by ATI a big defense contract

[@trashcanman501]

Thanks for a great vid. I got a question for you. First, I don't hunt, I only target shoot. Usually paper targets at 25 yards or less. So many of the shot gun rounds are listed for "game" or "game/target" or "target" rounds. Should I stay with buying only "target" rounds, or is the "game/target" rounds ok to shoot at paper? May be a dumb question, but I`m kind of new to shot gun shooting. Thanks man.

[@MegaBait1616]

thanks big daddy, will do.

[@RacoonEggMcoc]

Hey man idk who you are but I love you

[@mbaig3759]

Good informative video, learn a lot. Thanks

[@fireberserker4659]

Thank you!!

[@bladesmilitariauk5013]

Great stuff Bigdaddy. We need some of your inspiration over here in the UK to fight our opressive criminal governments draconian gun laws :-)

[@GalaxyDaveD]

Thank you sir.

[@davidgrant2008]

It does help , thanks

[@boricuba773]

Great video i didn't know that until know the one i been trying to find info on is military grade buck but all i know it feeds well and has a hell of a kick to it and walmart has tons of them the one by my house .

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Don't know anything about the military grade buck but I did google it and found plenty of info, check it out. Thanks Michael

[@boricuba773]

Thanks !

[@theroyalgrapefruit]

This was an awesome educational video!

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Hope it helps a little. Thanks!

[@shawnbarry3893]

Thanks dude I appreciate

[@alexisrodriguez-zn7zg]

Thanks for your help Devil Dog

[@funnystuff2591]

This is an awesome video thanks so much. !!!

[@D148521]

Thanks

[@scottstettler9599]

Very helpful Bigdaddy now I know what to look for anything, Over 1200 should be good for that new mossberg 930spx. That I bought high or low brass? Thanks Bigdaddy.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

No need for high brass just make sure the dram is 3 1/4. Enjoy that Mossberg 930 SPX. Thanks Scott

[@rickyhogan2749]

Thank you for the very helpful upload.

[@1digitalwatcher]

Very good to know anything under 1200 feet per second slow cycling . Dram in relation to weight of shot . 3 dr 6:02 and above.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

I would stay with the 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 dram. This should put you at 1250 to 1345 feet per second. Check that chart that I listed under the video. Thanks for the comment my friend.

[@xringkidd]

Great job Big Daddy.. Thank you...

[@ConservatEV]

Just be aware that 1300 FPS 1 1/8 oz. shells are not allowed in ATA comps, 1290 FPS is the limit for 1 1/8 oz. shells. My son is on a shotgun shooting team (he’s 12, started at age 10) and shoots in some ATA comps, almost used those very AA shells until I checked the rules and found out they’re not allowed.

[@ckim6400]

160 years old! I knew it it was you SANTA! :>) Lets not forget some 12 ga are chambered 2 3/4" and 3" . Not good using 3" in 2 3/4" gun but I'm sure it happens!

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

I'm sure it does, think I mentioned this is printed on the shotgun barrel in the video. Thanks for the comment my friend.

[@caddilacjim]

Great video and great information.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Glad you enjoyed.....Thanks!

[@PDIcomics]

The next time someone says Big Daddy's videos aren't informative enough they can see this video. I appreciate it. Big Daddy do you know if the H&R Pardner Pump 12ga is a good shotgun? And this video is irrelevant for pump actions right? Because if it's pump action it would fire a shell at 200 feet per second lol?

[@IEraiderfan]

Good video great information thanks for the tip.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

My pleasure.....Thanks Lou

[@rabbitdrink]

picked up these b&p 1330fps 1 1/8oz loads, they hit targets much harder than anything else ive shot (winchesters, fiocchis, remingtons, etc) expensive though, so i cant use them for everything :(

[@codymon100]

Thanks for the info I learned something.

[@halfdollar86]

What do you trap shoot with? Is the recoil much more on the 1300 FPS Winchester AA 7.5 shot?

[@centenntrucker8496]

I have the saiga AK12 gauge shotgun. It hasn't been cycling correctly and has been miss firing. I was told to shoot some heavier shells through it. What would you recommend?

[@RedJaguar100Travels]

Hey Big Daddy, This was really good info to know.. I had problem in my Benelli and my Saiga using the independence ammo and it says that it is 1200 FPS. Is it still under powered ammo? I stopped using it last winter and started with the Winchester and it seems to feed well with the 3 dram eq.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

That Independence ammo says 3 dram and 1200 FPS but it's horrible ammo, had the same problem. The Winchester AA and Estate 3 1/4 dram works in all my shotguns. Keep enjoying the Benelli and Saiga......Thanks!!!!

[@Bearlake1624]

Good job It helped thank you

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Glad it helped. Thanks!

[@454pakr]

Thanks for the good info!

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

My pleasure! Thanks

[@GeorgiaShootersGroup]

Thanks BDH that was helpful

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

***** Glad you found it helpful. Thanks for the comment my friend.

[@tackleberry14710]

Great information

[@eric19875]

Thank you for the info Big Daddy!!!

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Hope it helps some. Thanks Eric

[@lerch400block]

Great video big daddy, we love you too.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Thanks my friend.

[@bruce3579]

great video! I may have missed it tho what's dram?

[@boring_dayz2468]

I really like estate ammo it cycles the best in my shotgun

[@jamespeters066]

I've got a Remington 1100 in 3" magnum. Heard that the gun doesn't cycle well with anything less than a 3" shell due to the single gas port. Have you heard similar things and is there an ideal round for that gun that would be great for casual skeet?

[@jimcummins1045]

Learned a bunch! My 12 ga 870 pump is jamming after first shot with Estate 2 3/4 dram eq. at 1145 FPS. From what you say, this is an under powered shell and perhaps the source of the problem. Could this same ammo cause insufficient inertia (failing to cock the hammer) and resulting in the second barrel of my 12 ga o/u Beretta not firing?? Thank in advance.

[@alfredovalenzuela7]

good video 🤘🏽

[@timwilhelmson8707]

thanks for the help

[@VMJM85]

Question the first box you showed was a box of 12 gauge 2 3/4. And then you should a shell and said that's what this is. But in the shell is said 3 3/4? Was it the wrong shell you showed, and is the number on the shell different then the number on the shell, and if so could you explain please. Thank you and thanks for the vid!!

[@randalsantiago5691]

So is that 3 1/4 load considered a hot load ? My new shot gun EAA 1919 match 12 gauge has two rings it came with. What ring do think I should use ? Thank you big daddy !

[@stevelynch98]

Interesting, my Benelli m2 never had issues cycling. I buy the cheapest ammo around maybe my local stores don't stock the bad cheap ammo.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

That's a good thing. Keep enjoying the sweet Benelli M2. Thanks!

[@factsoverfeelings5833]

What Buckshot shells do you highly recommend for the Mossberg JM PRO? Thanks in advance.

[@305dadecounty_grabberbluem5]

Thank you ....finally cleared it up! LOL

[@matchboxinc]

Good info!

[@bluetunder40]

Great video Bro!

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Thanks my friend.

[@ericangela1528]

what is the dram in Winchester super speed 1350 fps 2-3/4 7-1/2oz 12g the box does not have that info but anyway it's the best cheapest that I have found to cycle in the saiga 12

[@doubletap3524]

very informative.. thank you very much..

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Always a pleasure my friend. Thanks!!!

[@gregsmith3289]

Good info, BD.

[@bigdaddyhoffman1911]

Thanks Greg!

[@RoryAtkinson]

over the past few weeks I've wanted to start hunting here in Ireland. 12 gauge shotguns seem to be popular. if I got a 12 Gauge shotgun, would the Estate Heavy game load (12 Gauge, 2 3/4 inches, 1 1/8 oz shot, 8shot. 1255 fps) be the best option?

[@marmolejo99]

Rory Atkinson it all depends on what you are hunting. That Estate load would be good for dove hunting.

[@abolishguncontrollaws5689]

Shot size is the huge factor for hunting.

[@ericcarr6894]

Does Higher dram equivalent equal higher recoil

[@shotgunreloader4964]

In case you wanted to know, and maybe you don't but my 3 A400 extreme will flawlessly fire my "wife" hand loads 12g, 2 3/4, 1oz, at 875fps. and she hits the clays just fine.

[@therock9336]

Thanks daddy

[@SanLewy]

1 dram = 1⁄256 pound, 1⁄16 ounce or 27.34 grain. ;)

[@Gr8erAdventure]

is the AA super sport okay for home defense?

[@nickycritic5269]

👍 great video

[@AaronGoneWild]

Man in to days and age I buy any ammo I can find I found a box of theese AA SUPER SPORT CLAYS for 10.99 I bought a box said why not

[@dgkallday4u]

What does super handicap mean? Why is it different?

[@devonater11]

I have a Mossberg 500 and it will chamber 3" shells. Will I ruin the gun if I shoot a 3 1/2" shell out of it?

[@dudleymahon6627]

Very likely can damage your gun. Reason is the 3 inch chamber is longer than 3 inches to allow the crimp to open up straight. This is why the 31/2 inch shell will chamber in a 3 inch gun. The crimp from the longer shell does not have room to open completely and creates a partial bore obstruction.

[@jamestate8815]

In the uk our shot is in grams eg 28 , 32 .....