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<blockquote data-quote="pathfindr92" data-source="post: 1720260" data-attributes="member: 2406"><p>The "best" shells are the ones in your budget that shoot best out of your gun. Like choke, it can also be determined by the tpye of hunting you do. It's something that can only be determined by patterning your gun/choke/shell combos. </p><p></p><p>If you only hunt timber and shoot all your ducks inside 25yds, the best shell wouldnt be the same as if you pass shoot a lot of divers at 40yds. Do you need 3/5" shells or with 2 3/4" do the trick? </p><p></p><p>I cannot afford anything but steel, so I dont know about the performance of the heavy non-tox. Well, I did shoot a box of kent tungsten one season and found that it didnt pattern worth crap from my gun. Killed birds better shooting steel. If I could afford it, I would try the pricey stuff.</p><p></p><p>My go-to load for ducks now is Remington 3" 1 1/4oz 3's or 2's out of a factory Mod choke. Estate 2's have also done well for me. I hunt mostly open water and shoot mainly mallards and divers. Shots can be up close or 45yds out. For geese I prefer the Remington duplex BBBx1 loads (over decoys in fields I'd probably just shoot the 2s), but they're getting hard to find. Great for shooting late season big ducks at long range, too. </p><p></p><p>This is from 13 seasons with the same gun, so Ive had the opportunity to try a lot of ammo. Maybe you can get some friends to go in on some different ammo with you and then everyone can try some new loads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pathfindr92, post: 1720260, member: 2406"] The "best" shells are the ones in your budget that shoot best out of your gun. Like choke, it can also be determined by the tpye of hunting you do. It's something that can only be determined by patterning your gun/choke/shell combos. If you only hunt timber and shoot all your ducks inside 25yds, the best shell wouldnt be the same as if you pass shoot a lot of divers at 40yds. Do you need 3/5" shells or with 2 3/4" do the trick? I cannot afford anything but steel, so I dont know about the performance of the heavy non-tox. Well, I did shoot a box of kent tungsten one season and found that it didnt pattern worth crap from my gun. Killed birds better shooting steel. If I could afford it, I would try the pricey stuff. My go-to load for ducks now is Remington 3" 1 1/4oz 3's or 2's out of a factory Mod choke. Estate 2's have also done well for me. I hunt mostly open water and shoot mainly mallards and divers. Shots can be up close or 45yds out. For geese I prefer the Remington duplex BBBx1 loads (over decoys in fields I'd probably just shoot the 2s), but they're getting hard to find. Great for shooting late season big ducks at long range, too. This is from 13 seasons with the same gun, so Ive had the opportunity to try a lot of ammo. Maybe you can get some friends to go in on some different ammo with you and then everyone can try some new loads. [/QUOTE]
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