[M.T. Pockets]

Fabs, I wasn't questioning your use of heavi-shot. I'm just trying to phsych myself up to paying that much for shotgun ammunition.

I look back fondly on the days of lead shot when I was a kid. I shot reloads at everything. My favorite all around load was 1 1/2 oz. of #5 shot in a AA hull over a good dose of Win. 571. Absolutely perfect for waterfowl over decoys. We didn't have the geese like we have now, but I'm sure this load would have done fine in a pinch if they came into the decoys. (I hunted geese with my 10 guage and the loads I used there is a whole nother story).

I bought a Browning BPS 12 ga. for the main reason it had bottom ejection, easier to find the empties so you could dry them out and load them up again.

Things change...