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What I like using and what I usually use are two different shells. I'd love to be able to shoot Hevi-shot all the time but I really don't like paying for it. Black Cloud has always been great for me, seems to be better knockdown power than regular steel. That said, I've shot a lot of Kent Faststeel and it has been decent, especially for the price.
I shoot Blindside. 3"-#1 for ducks and BB for geese. My Benelli SBE3 i shoot the stock modified crio choke. At 40 yds i have 150+ out of 175 hits in an 24×24 pattern. 1-3/8 oz in 3" and 1-5/8oz in 3-1/2" that shape shot is deadly. Almost never have a cripple. Bone breaking shot. I have patterned every shot sold. Blindside for me has been the best for deadly kills and patterns. I have stone killed birds in excess of 60yds. https://photos.app.goo.gl/CKSKGYBJLfrZVqLg8
What do people like using for ducks and geese? I bought a couple cases of BOSS shotshells for this season and have just had a horrible experience. Im probably going to go back to Rio 3" #2 as a standard duck load. Black Cloud BB for geese has always been a favorite. Curious what others like or dislike for each.
Quote from: ducks4days on January 16, 2024, 12:31:44 PMWhat do people like using for ducks and geese? I bought a couple cases of BOSS shotshells for this season and have just had a horrible experience. Im probably going to go back to Rio 3" #2 as a standard duck load. Black Cloud BB for geese has always been a favorite. Curious what others like or dislike for each.What was the problem with the Boss? I have some I'm going to try this weekend. I think mine are 2 3/4 #5.
Quote from: bigdub257 on January 16, 2024, 03:17:46 PMQuote from: ducks4days on January 16, 2024, 12:31:44 PMWhat do people like using for ducks and geese? I bought a couple cases of BOSS shotshells for this season and have just had a horrible experience. Im probably going to go back to Rio 3" #2 as a standard duck load. Black Cloud BB for geese has always been a favorite. Curious what others like or dislike for each.What was the problem with the Boss? I have some I'm going to try this weekend. I think mine are 2 3/4 #5.2 problems First, the dud rate. Of the 2 cases, I am seeing ~1/10 that get a hard primer strike but never go off. It was REALLY bad this last weekend, I hit a mallard at 40 and a little high, it didnt go down but it locked its wings and started circling down toward the decoy spread. The next 2 failed to fire when I went to finish it, I loaded in another from the ammo box, and that one failed too. The duck kept its wings locked and sailed off into the bay. I loaded another and pulled the trigger as a sanity check and THAT one fired. The other is the speed. They are advertised as shooting 1350fps, but I consistently need to lead birds about twice as far as I need to with Federal 3" #4 that supposedly shoot at the same speed. Combine lower speed with heavier shot and I have missed SO many shots that I just dont miss when using a different shell on the same day. After a few hundred shells I think I can safely say it is the shell and not my shooting. The ones I ordered were the 3" #3/5 split.