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I am gonna step out on a limb and try this stuff for waterfowl this season. I was going to buy Hevi-Shot Duck, but discovered the big cover-up over at Environmetal as to the different gr/cc of the different types of Hevi-Shot. Nice shot is highly touted over on Shotgunworld.com could be due to them being a sponsor, but "as heavy as lead and almost as soft". How bad could it be? 16ga 1-1/8oz#6@1300fps I'll let ya'll know how it works. We Band of Bubbas N.R.A Life Member TDR Cummins Power All The Way Certified member of the Whompers Club | ||
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At 29 dollars a lb I don't think so. 6 lbs for 178.99 I have had great luck with the newer faster steel loads. I know I can't shoot them in my doubles but in pumps and semis kill things just as well. At a avg of 100 shots a year the price differants is about 260 dollars a year in a few years thats a new shot gun or rifle. I guess If I really wanted to my 20 or 12 ga doubles on ducks again for a box or 2 a year it most likely well work fine. | |||
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Nice Shot is a softer shot designed for older shot guns especially those with choke restrictions tighter than mod. Like Tungston Matric and Bismuth it is approved by most of the English manufacturers of fine doubles. I shoot a SXS on waterfowl as well as a Win Mod 12 Duck and have used all the above but find Bismuth to be lacking some. Sometimes when confronted with the extra cost I think the smarter thing to do is buy a modern gun and shoot steel | |||
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I have no issues with steel on all waterfowl including the giant Canada's. Kent Fasteel or Winchester are my preferred brands. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Thanks LDK. I use a 16ga. There are few if any 16ga steel loads on the shelf that are worth a hoot. There are some other non-toxic loads that I am willing to try. When I gets tired of this I'll go to a 28. We Band of Bubbas N.R.A Life Member TDR Cummins Power All The Way Certified member of the Whompers Club | |||
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LDK, I agree, the Kent steel loads are excellent and I've had good results with them considering the reputation steel gets for wounding and not killinig. I haven't used the Winchester stuff but a coule of mates that hunted geese in Canada said they were superb. IIRC are they buffered shot? Rgds, Kiri | |||
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HEY THIS IS ABOUT NICE SHOT!! I don't give a flying unlawful carnal knowledge about steel. We Band of Bubbas N.R.A Life Member TDR Cummins Power All The Way Certified member of the Whompers Club | |||
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