RST Shotshells- Which ones do you shoot?

[Hixie]

I am new to using RST shells but my fledgling experience has been very positive. I have tried Falcon Lite 2 3/4" shells for both 12 ga and 20 ga, 7/8 oz and 1 oz with #7 1/2 and #8 shot. They patterned very well out of Parkers choked IC and mod. I tested these at 30 yards and found nowhere in the pattern that a grouse or woodcock would not be hit.

This past weekend I tested 2 1/2" RST Lites with 1 oz #6 and #5 shot out of a 12 ga DH with 30" Damascus barrels choked full and full. Again, the patterns were tight and evenly dispersed at 40 yards with no place for a turkey head or neck to fit.

[stumpstalker]

Mike:

Nothing scientific here, and no patterning, but here goes:

I have shot mostly RSTs in my two 16-gauge guns for about seven years.

Early-on I tried Gamebore 2 ½ inch shells in my 0-framed 16 and the kick from those began to subluxate my right shoulder.

So, I switched to RST Ultra Lites at 1100 fps ¾ oz. #8 shot, which have given me my best scores at skeet. But it seemed that when upland hunting for Ruffed Grouse I “killed them deader” with the Falcon Lite 7/8ths oz. at 1125 fps # 8 shot.

This describes what I use in the VH 16 gauge, 26-inch barreled 0-frame gun choked cylinder and modified.

The other VH 16 with 28-inch barrels, ckoked full and full, I shoot much less frequently, but have for it RST Spreader loads at 1150 fps 7/8th #8 shot. I can not report to you how it has performed in the uplands, as it has only been used (by me) for clay targets.

All three RST shells described are plastic and 2 ½ inch in length.