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    Readers’ letters

    Jan 28, 2021 3 minutes

    LETTER OF THE MONTH

    Cartridge velocities: the ‘elephant in the room’

    There are only three parameters that really matter in a shotgun cartridge:

    • The size of the pellet, and we discuss endlessly whether we should be shooting No 5, 6 or 7 shot.

    • The load in the cartridge.

    • The velocity of the pellets coming out from the gun.

    Strangely, the velocity of the pellets is usually described rather vaguely in manufacturers’ literature. Most

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