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Pheasants and Duck Loads |
09-10-2010, 04:06 PM | #3 | ||||||
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Pheasants and Duck Loads
Thanks Harry. I have used Kent's Impact loads and they are good ones. Your purchase of several flats at $12.50 a box was a smart move. They are somewhere around $30.00 to $33.00 a box now...Thanks for the feedback. I had ordered some Bismuth but the dealer is out and has a backorder in but it seems Bismuth has a production problem so it will take awhile to get any shipped. Looks like Kents Impact or Bismuth will get my business for a time.
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09-10-2010, 04:40 PM | #4 | ||||||
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John,
NiceShot is what I reload for ducks and geese. I know you've done the math, however to purchase 25 rounds of Bismuth or tungston matrix you would have to get it for less than $30 a box of 10 to beat RST's price on NiceShot. Harry |
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09-10-2010, 07:47 PM | #5 | ||||||
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Soon it will be cheaper to make pellets from pure silver!...or maybe scrap gold??? 75.00 for a box of 25 nice shot!...not so nice!
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09-11-2010, 08:09 AM | #6 | |||||||
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This used to be expensive. I started buying these around $5 when other brands were in the $3 range. I cannot get my head around $3 per shell.
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10-01-2010, 03:17 PM | #7 | ||||||
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why not just shoot the 2 3/4 inch steel load lots cheaper and not hard on gun or pocket book.....charlie
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10-02-2010, 09:21 AM | #8 | ||||||
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Charlie is right, in Repo's (not original Parkers) with open chokes you can shoot steel. You need TM or Bismuth if you are going to original old Parkers.
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10-02-2010, 11:56 AM | #9 | ||||||
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Charlie and Eric:
I agree with both of you. BUT, I do not like steel. Admittedly they are making much better steel shot loads then several years ago, but I've seen to many ducks hit with steel still continue to fly off and you know they were going to die a short distance away. If you don't break a wing bone or get a neck or head shot they continue to fly. Losing a wounded bird, duck, or animal is painful for me and my experience with steel tells me it just doesn't have the same impact and killing power that lead, Bismuth, Hevi-shot, etc. has. I know it costs considerably more but so far I have been able to just "grin and bear it". John |
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10-02-2010, 03:16 PM | #10 | ||||||
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Agree with you on that John, I don't do much waterfowl hunting so I was looking at it from a cost point of view.
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