Originally Posted by Oldman3

Earlier this summer, we had a bunch of those wood boring bumble-bee's around the barn. I took my old trapping pistol and was shooting them with the CCI ratshot. I wont tell how bad my shooting was, but suffice to say, it was bad. A day or two later, I happen to run across some of the Federal ratshot that has the crimped brass, and bought a box. Once I started shooting them, my skills seemed to improve dramatically. Hmmmm...... so I tried the CCI's again and the results was the same as before.

I'm not gonna say what the problem was, cause I dont know. I do know that the kill ratio was a whole lot better with the crimped ratshot.



Quite logical, actually. The shot capsule stuff will hold the shot charge together to produce a more useful pattern at somewhat longer distances than the older crimped style ammo does. The shot out of a crimped cartridge will scatter to a fare-thee-well, as evidenced by your increased ability to hit flying insects.

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