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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