[fabsroman]

MT,

I hope you don't think I am not a fan of Hevi Shot, because I think that stuff works great. The one time I got to hunt geese this year I didn't have any Hevi Shot and the store I stopped at the night before didn't have any either. They only had Remington Sportsman's Steel. So, it was either that or throwing rocks at the geese, so that it was. In hindsight, I might have been better off throwing rocks.

I have killed, stone dead, mallards at 50 yards with Hevi Shot. The first time this happened was 3 years ago on a pair of mallards. They came in really fast and really close. I was using 3" Hevi #4 loads and I missed the first shot. The second shot got the drake and I thought the hen was out of range for the 3rd shot so I didn't take it. The hen decided to come back around and fly directly overhead at about 50 yards. I decided to take that shot even though it was further than the last one I decided to pass up. I pulled the trigger and she came down like a rock. I just could not believe it. Since then, I love the stuff, and does what everybody says it does. Barely any cripples and you can kill birds further out.

With that said, it is still expensive, especially for people that do not shoot very well. Good thing my dad and I are pretty good shots, just not as good as Skeet. LOL

Being as cheap as I am, I am just trying to find Hevi Shot as cheap as possible. I used to be able to reload that stuff for $1 a shell for a 3.5" B shot shell, but that isn't the case anymore. At the end of the day, I think I will still reload it and save some money. Wait till my wife hears that a shotgun shell costs $2+.