I have not bought shells in awhile, seems a box of shells cost a lot more than it did a year or so ago? Picked up some high brass 20 and they where 18 bucks a box! I know prices do not go down but I do not reacall spending more than 10 bucks a box or so the last time I picked some up.
Cost of Shells
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JMc
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Winchester Superhandicap 7.5's - $8 a box and they drop pheasants. Of course I have a box or two of the high dollar ammo but seldom use them as I have had great luck with the SH's. I load the SH in the first barrel and a prairie storm in the second. So far so good. If nothing else, it will cut your cost by 1/4-1/3 by using this combo.
When I dove hunt I use the cheapest loads I can find. They work just fine, but when it comes to pheasant and how hard it seems for me to find one, I want to throw the best load I can at them. I guess it just makes me feel better. Would hate to not knock down a rooster due to me being cheap. I am sure it has more to do with my shooting but I think you get what I am saying.
I saw that prairie storm in the store, did not cost much more. I was thinking of trying some of that when my current supply of ammo runs out. I prefer to use Fiocci Golden Pheasant but can not find any here in Colorado Springs.
I saw that prairie storm in the store, did not cost much more. I was thinking of trying some of that when my current supply of ammo runs out. I prefer to use Fiocci Golden Pheasant but can not find any here in Colorado Springs.
Federal Pheasants Forever Load
Just picked up 4 boxes of the Pheasant load by Federal. First year out but willing to try. They are 4 shot with 1500 FPS. I'm a newer hunter so need all the advantage I can get.
When I calculated the difference in cost per FPS between this shot and the Fiocchi it was identical so I guess you just have to decide how to slice the per shell cost. I justified it by $$$ per FPS.
Plus, I felt better knowing that a portion of the proceeds from my purchase went to the Pheasants Forever foundation.
Just picked up 4 boxes of the Pheasant load by Federal. First year out but willing to try. They are 4 shot with 1500 FPS. I'm a newer hunter so need all the advantage I can get.
When I calculated the difference in cost per FPS between this shot and the Fiocchi it was identical so I guess you just have to decide how to slice the per shell cost. I justified it by $$$ per FPS.
Plus, I felt better knowing that a portion of the proceeds from my purchase went to the Pheasants Forever foundation.
Interesting, I see you put a value on Feet per second when choosing a load. I am not to concerned about FPS, what I look for is pellet count. Personally having more pellets to put on target is more important than FPS. For example 1 1/4 OZ of #4 equals 135 pellets, the typical pay load for a 2 3/4 12 ga shell. I shoot Golden Pheasant #5 1 3/4 oz that equals 297 pellets going 1200 fps. With this load I can put more than double the pellet count on a bird then the #4's
Why Not Get both?
Kent Fast Lead - 2 3/4 - 1 5/8 oz. - #5 - 1485 fps!
$13.50 / box.
(Note) This is an extremely hot load for 2 3/4. I would not advise this load in older guns. Shells will never compensate for aim, but I harvested 47 roosters last year with just 2 lost birds!
Kent Fast Lead - 2 3/4 - 1 5/8 oz. - #5 - 1485 fps!
$13.50 / box.
(Note) This is an extremely hot load for 2 3/4. I would not advise this load in older guns. Shells will never compensate for aim, but I harvested 47 roosters last year with just 2 lost birds!
Do you mean 1 3/8 ounce or 1 5/8 ounce? Thanks
double trigger
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x2 on the Kents - very good shells. I've beeun using the Kent Ultimate Upland load but don't see them now in the current offerings....