Duck shot
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Shotgun shell companies are going to have to invest in duck habitat or they aren’t going to be selling any steel shot soon.
On the flip side, I haven’t heard of anyone killing any ducks and you still can’t find a dang box of steel shot anywhere. What gives?
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I use Federal Speedshok.
I meant to say hours ago not years sorry about that.
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So...don't know about Blind Side, but...
I watched a guy rip the end of an extended, ported choke shooting the old, original Black Cloud this past October. Those "belts" on the steel pellets catch in the ports, especially tubes with bigger/longer ports, and just shear the metal right at the end of the barrel.
I liked the original Black Cloud, personally, but it did more damage to the birds up close. I tend to shoot Drylok most of the time. I tried some of the Boss Bismuth this year early on but don't know that it made a real difference...but I was shooting an older fixed choke gun that I couldn't shoot steel shot through. I know a lot of people shoot the Experts, but they've always been real dirty, imo. Never had good luck with Kent Fasteel, either, which is kind of a shame, since they are less expensive.
I watched a guy rip the end of an extended, ported choke shooting the old, original Black Cloud this past October. Those "belts" on the steel pellets catch in the ports, especially tubes with bigger/longer ports, and just shear the metal right at the end of the barrel.
I liked the original Black Cloud, personally, but it did more damage to the birds up close. I tend to shoot Drylok most of the time. I tried some of the Boss Bismuth this year early on but don't know that it made a real difference...but I was shooting an older fixed choke gun that I couldn't shoot steel shot through. I know a lot of people shoot the Experts, but they've always been real dirty, imo. Never had good luck with Kent Fasteel, either, which is kind of a shame, since they are less expensive.
Yup, that’s the blue box
They changed their recipe last year and they burn much cleaner than they used to.
They kill ducks very well.
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NEWSFLASH! You can’t find high brass lead shot either.
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Got lucky and bought a case of numba 2 Winchester xperts end of 19-20 season. Value of that case has tripled. Afraid to find ducks cause then I’ll have to shoot those expensive shells. Side note If y’all haven’t stocked up on turkey shells.... you better sharpen a stick...
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I saw two guys eyeballing the last two boxes of turkey loads at academy yesterday. Those dudes were $50+ for a box of 5. One guy grabbed a box and I said you aren’t seriously buying $10/round shotgun shells are you? I don’t think he realized it was only 5 shells. Then I told him to follow me to leadpoisons place and we sold him bird shot for $5/round.
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I’ve seen plenty of steel shot around Stuttgart.
I normally shoot Kent Fasteel. I always have about 3 cases. I’m just finishing up a case of Blindsides I bought a couple of summers ago when I didn’t readily find Kent’s. They’ve done well. I’ve been impressed. To me they do burn a little dirtier than the Kent’s. I’ve got in reserve a case of original Kent’s and the 2.0 Kent’s. I guess they took the original out of production. I have no data on the 2.0. The originals I love and have shot them for the last 10 years. They used to be moderately priced but now they are right up there in the 200+ range.
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Drylock in the 12 gauges. BOSS #5 in the older A5 16 and Remington 20.
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Edit: Hunters Refuge also has a good selection of non toxic shotshell ammo. Was in there this evening.
Have you ever had trouble with the wads not clearing the barrel on them Kents ?
Never any problems.
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