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I'll soon be attending a sporting clays shoot where the club only allows the use of fiber wad shot shells. I plan on shooting a Browning 725 which has ported barrels. Might I experience problems with wad and/or shot shaving in the barrel ports?
Perhaps our English cousins can opine?

Not an English cousin but right next door. Ported barrels are not in great vogue over this way and I would think very few people have ever used the combination you talk about. In fact I have the feeling that ported barrels are not allowed in some disciplines ?
That said I would not foresee any problem with it.

"I'll soon be attending a sporting clays shoot where the club only allows the use of fiber wad shot shells"

Say what?

I doubt the fiber (waxed or otherwise) will be much of a problem.

Even if it shave a little off it will not be significantly different than plastic wads

To my Scottish friend - sincere apology from someone with a paternal grandmother maiden name of McDonald! I need a refresher in my UK geography.

To the other responders - yup this club shoots fiber wads. But at least they aren't using steel shot!

I guess I envisioned - and was more concerned - with the shot shaving on the port holes more than the wad stripping.

+1.

SRH

I have never heard of not allowing a shot cup. I would guess that they won't be allowing ported guns next time. That's special.

I know the club. The shoots held there are for the rich! The club does not want plastic wads going into water. My question is: who sells ammo that use fiber wads. I cannot see the clientele of that club loading their own!

Airborne Sarge and the others - actually this isn't a club for the rich by any stretch of the imagination. It is a small club where the owner hosts no registered shoots, but does a lot for local community events, this charity shoot being one. HE and two others load their own shells using card/fiber wads and provide them to shooters. He will at some point switch over to photo degradable cornstarch wads but he is not there yet.
SO back to the original question please - will shot/wad sheer in the ports?

SO back to the original question please - will shot/wad sheer in the ports?

Personally...I'd shoot them.....and hope it plugged up the ports!