Shells

[Special T]

Kent 3in #3 love em. Just got a case for christmas...

[BigGoonTuna]

anything but xperts!  i about junked my gun until i gave some other shells a try...xperts wouldn't pattern worth a damn in the best case, worst case they shot a foot and a half low and to the right.

i've been shooting federal blue box this year with much, much better results.

[Special T]

What i have heard from nearly every great waterfowler is to find a shell that patterns well and gets the job done, then buy cases of it. 

[WSU]

What i have heard from nearly every great waterfowler is to find a shell that patterns well and gets the job done, then buy cases of it. 

Great advice.

[WSU]

anything but xperts!  i about junked my gun until i gave some other shells a try...xperts wouldn't pattern worth a damn in the best case, worst case they shot a foot and a half low and to the right.

i've been shooting federal blue box this year with much, much better results.

That's interesting.  I've had good luck with xperts but my experience with Fed. blue box is hit or miss (mostly miss).  I guess that demonstrates that you really  need to find out what your gun likes and then stick with it.

[Stilly bay]

  I guess that demonstrates that you really  need to find out what your gun likes and then stick with it.

and the time to do this is at the range well before duck season opens. I hear far too many people talking about how X brand of shell is crippling a lot of ducks for them this season, time to try a different shell. if you don't know what your pattern is doing its a huge disrespect to the animal your trying to kill.

[Special T]

What i have heard from nearly every great waterfowler is to find a shell that patterns well and gets the job done, then buy cases of it. 

Great advice.

Its the advise i got from hunters that bag a lot more birds each year than me... no need to reinvent the wheel.

[MatthewHunter98]

the blind side ant kent fast steel will do great

[passhooter]

I use Hevi-Metal 3 inch in #2 shot size. It is a little more expensive than steel but performs a lot better. When pass shooting at longer distances, it will drop a goose or duck with few cripples. Steel doesn't carry the energy like tungsten, and Hevi-Metal shells are mixed with tungsten giving them more energy at further distances.

[270Shooter]

usually blue box federals in 3" 3's, they are a great shell for the money, better than kents from what i have seen

[Blacktail135]

Kent FastSteel or Federal UltraShok for me.