Hevi Shot Hevi Metal #4's on geese

[westside103147]

Just seeing if any of you guys have experience with Hevi-Metal #4's on geese. I'm getting tired of bring 2 different shells out with me, so I'm looking to consolidate to one shell.

Thanks,

T

[mburrows]

Id go with 2's or even bb if ur going with one shell for all around. Those honkers can take a beating.

[BigGoonTuna]

the heavy metal shells have a smaller shot equivalent "heavy shot" in them than the box lists.  so for a #4 there would be something like #4 steel, and #6 or 8 hevi shot inside, not good for goose.

[h2ofowlr]

I wouldn't use them on geese unless in a pit or layout landing geese.  I have had a few geese come in at 30-35 yards that lost a lot of feathers that made it out of sight with 4's.  Under 18 yards would probably be fine.  Areas where I had a good mix of duck and geese I just used #1's or BB's.  That worked great!

[westside103147]

Thanks for the replys. Just out of curiosity what brand of shell do you shoot? As far as I know Hevi Shot doesnt make #1 shells. I know Kent makes #1's but I've had spotty luck with there loads in the past.

[h2ofowlr]

Using these!

[Special T]

I pounded a few last year pass shooting with those bad boys in BBB last year. When im done shooting these up ill likely go #1 or BB

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[westside103147]

Thanks for the info. I went ahead and pulled the trigger on a case of Hevi-Metal #2's and a case of BB's.

[JJD]

Check your Heavy Metal shells when you unbox them.  I bought several boxes of BB years ago to try them out.  2 different boxes had one or more shells that had very little shot in them, was easy to tell cuz the crimp was very concave.  I shot an email off to environmetal industries with photos explaining what had happened, have never heard a word back form them.  Still have the shells if they are interested.  Makes me a bit weary of their quality control.
Just checkem over and be careful of squib loads. 

[WSU]

What is in Heavy Metal and what is in Heavy Steel?

[Special T]

Heavy metal is a combo of steel and hevi shot. Heavy steel is just steel shot but thier brand.

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[sakoshooter]

I love Hevi-Metal. Pick your shot size by the number listed but keep in mind that that number is the steel shot size. The Hevi-shot size will be 2 sizes smaller. IE: Hevi-Metal 3's will have Hevi-shot 5's on top of steel 3's.
It's a great design because on long shots, as the steel pellets start to slow down, the Hevi-shot pellets maintain their energy and speed because of their density and continue on w/deadly results without being impeded by the steel pellets.
If this load was reversed, the steel pellets would impeded the Hevi-shot pellets and cause inconsistent patterns.

[asmith]

I use Kent fasteel #2 for my all around.  The Kents pattern great.  I've never had an issue with them, and they kill whatever you hit!

[Fishnclifff]

I use Kent faststeel 2's or win super x #1's

[Commando]

I use Kent # 2 as well.just got back from bass pro picking up a few new boxes of Kent actually. They pattern best out of my gun and kill what they hit. I tried to shoot the heavy shot heavy metal to see how they performed and could not get a good patterning when I tried to pattern them. Others have had good luck with them though.