2. Number of shot in a charge – how many pellets are in my cartridge?

Whilst I know it does not make sense to talk of a charge of 9½ pieces of LG shot, I include the fractions in Table 3 for completeness. The smaller shot are shown in Table 4.

Table 3: Number of shot in a charge – LG to BBB (source: the author)

Shot charge â		Size of shot à
gram	ounce	LG	MG	SG	Sp. SG	SSG	SSSG	SSSSG	SSSSSG	AAA	AA	A	BBB
46.0	1 5/8	10.2	11.4	13.0	18.0	24.4	32.3	40.6	48.6	56.9	65.2	81.6	96.9
42.5	1 ½	9.5	10.5	12.0	16.7	22.5	29.9	37.5	44.9	52.5	60.2	75.3	89.4
36.0	1 ¼	7.9	8.8	10.0	13.9	18.8	24.9	31.3	37.4	43.8	50.1	62.8	74.5
34.0	1 3/16	7.5	8.3	9.5	13.2	17.8	23.6	29.7	35.5	41.6	47.6	59.6	70.8
32.0	1 1/8	7.1	7.9	9.0	12.5	16.9	22.4	28.1	33.6	39.4	45.1	56.5	67.1
30.0	1 1/16	6.7	7.4	8.5	11.8	15.9	21.1	26.6	31.8	37.2	42.6	53.3	63.3
28.5	1	6.3	7.0	8.0	11.1	15.0	19.9	25.0	29.9	35.0	40.1	50.2	59.6
26.5	1 5/16	8.3	9.2	10.5	14.6	19.7	26.1	32.8	39.2	45.9	52.6	65.9	78.2
25.0	7/8	5.5	6.1	7.0	9.7	13.1	17.4	21.9	26.2	30.6	35.1	43.9	52.2
23.0	1 3/16	7.5	8.3	9.5	13.2	17.8	23.6	29.7	35.5	41.6	47.6	59.6	70.8
17.5	5/8	3.9	4.4	5.0	6.9	9.4	12.4	15.6	18.7	21.9	25.1	31.4	37.3
16.0	9/16	3.5	3.9	4.5	6.2	8.4	11.2	14.1	16.8	19.7	22.6	28.2	33.5
12.5	7/16	2.8	3.1	3.5	4.9	6.6	8.7	10.9	13.1	15.3	17.5	22.0	26.1
9.0	5/16	2.0	2.2	2.5	3.5	4.7	6.2	7.8	9.3	10.9	12.5	15.7	18.6

Table 4: Number of shot in a charge – BB to No. 10 (source: the author)

Shot charge â		Size of shot à
gram	ounce	BB	B	1	2	3	4	5	5 1/2	6	6 1/2	7	7 1/2	8	9	10
46.0	1 5/8	114	130	163	193	227	276	358	389	449	490	555	653	723	930	1387
42.5	1 ½	105	120	150	179	209	255	330	359	414	453	512	603	667	858	1281
36.0	1 ¼	88	100	125	149	175	213	275	299	345	377	427	502	556	715	1067
34.0	1 3/16	83	95	119	141	166	202	261	284	328	358	406	477	528	679	1014
32.0	1 1/8	79	90	113	134	157	191	248	269	311	340	384	452	500	644	961
30.0	1 1/16	75	85	106	126	148	181	234	254	293	321	363	427	472	608	907
28.5	1	70	80	100	119	140	170	220	239	276	302	342	402	445	572	854
26.5	1 5/16	92	105	131	156	183	159	289	314	362	396	448	527	584	751	1121
25.0	7/8	61	70	88	104	122	149	193	209	242	264	299	351	389	501	747
23.0	1 3/16	83	95	119	141	166	138	261	284	328	358	406	477	528	679	1014
17.5	5/8	44	50	63	74	87	106	138	149	173	189	214	251	278	358	534
16.0	9/16	39	45	56	67	79	96	124	134	155	170	192	226	250	322	480
12.5	7/16	31	35	44	52	61	75	96	105	121	132	149	176	195	250	374
9.0	5/16	22	25	31	37	44	53	69	75	86	94	107	126	139	179	267

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