4mm steel goose loads in 3" - Advice sought.

[ZAKDINGEL]

Look here www.claygame.co.uk

[Sausagefingers]

Look here www.claygame.co.uk

Cheers...that's where the shot will be coming from I think.

[Sausagefingers]

Update: I've been loading 36grams of steel #1 (4.06mm) on top of 35grains of Alliant Steel and shooting through modified choke.
This seems to be a very effective load and has patterned well on the birds I have killed with it.
I would however like to use non plastic wads and hopefully a source of these will become available sooner rather than later.

[mag44uk]

Plenty of fibre wads around

[Sausagefingers]

Plenty of fibre wads around

Please point me to them! I'm shooting high velocity steel #1's with a 36gram load.
I cannot find anyghing in fibre that will keep the steel shot enclosed and away from the barrel wall as it travels down the bore.

[aris]

Please point me to them! I'm shooting high velocity steel #1's with a 36gram load.
I cannot find anyghing in fibre that will keep the steel shot enclosed and away from the barrel wall as it travels down the bore.

You don't need a fibre wad for that - you need a fibre shot cup.

https://www.claygame.co.uk/12ga-fibr...-and-55mm-pd82

[Sausagefingers]

You don't need a fibre wad for that - you need a fibre shot cup.

https://www.claygame.co.uk/12ga-fibr...-and-55mm-pd82

Unfortunately it says these only take up to 3.25mm steel. I'm shooting #1 and they are just over 4.00mm.
They only have the 55mm version in stock, which seems like it's for 3.5" shells...and the final straw is that they cost 21 pence each.
As the industry changes over I'm hoping some decent biowad options will appear.
Can't be that magical to start running off decent boidegradable wads with the splits already in them can it?
Or are we supposed to just buy everything already boxed up as presented by the cartridge manufacturers?
I'm of the view that steel carts should be a damn sight cheaper than lead as you're stripping out the most expensive component.
As ever, it seems that some warm words about the environment will be an excuse to jack up the price of what is essentially a steel and cardboard load.