Since you're shooting a British gun, you may also want to try some British shells. Kent Gamebore makes a Pure Gold load in 12ga with which I've had excellent results on wild pheasants. 1 1/16 oz of British 6's. Brit shot sizes run smaller than ours. Their 6's, at 270 to the ounce, are slightly larger than our 7's. That load gives you almost exactly the same pellet count as 1 1/4 oz of American 6's. 2 1/2" paper hulls with fiber wads. If you want the equivalent of American 6's in shot size, you need to use Brit 5's.
