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What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
#927548
09/26/09 12:00 AM
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TexasEd
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Specify if you choose other
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: TexasEd]
#927574
09/26/09 12:20 AM
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Folsom1
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Winchester expert, Cause i cant afford to shoot anything else
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: Folsom1]
#927586
09/26/09 12:34 AM
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lakewaydr50
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I voted for Remington Hevi Shot but we actually use Nitro Steel. We are going to the blind with NItro and Black Cloud ammo this year just to see if there is any difference between the two. We are going to do some pattern testing before we hit the water as well. By the way guys and gals, make sure you clean your barrel with some solvent and then with a barrel brush. We put the wire brush on the ram rod and hooked it up to a drill and ran it up and down the barrel after allowing the solvent to soak a little while. We got almost a teaspoon of lead and plastic out of one of our shotguns doing this and it improved the way the gun performed drastically.
Last edited by lakewaydr50; 09/26/09 03:47 AM.
Isaiah 40:31 "but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: lakewaydr50]
#927677
09/26/09 01:47 AM
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TreeBass
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Kent rocks
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: TreeBass]
#927685
09/26/09 01:54 AM
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CFR
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My 1187 and my wallet are fond of Remington Sportsman's Steel. If money is not an issue, it's hard to beat the Hevi Shot, but this year money is an issue.
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: TreeBass]
#927694
09/26/09 01:59 AM
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FowlDreams
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Kent rocks X2
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: CFR]
#927705
09/26/09 02:05 AM
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TexasEd
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Kent rocks x3
Went buy Dick's and asked the hunting manager to add it to their shelves.
Last edited by TexasEd; 09/26/09 04:24 AM.
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: TexasEd]
#927711
09/26/09 02:08 AM
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yentzen
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
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09/26/09 02:56 AM
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sallysue
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The cheapiest that Acadamy has.
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
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09/26/09 03:22 AM
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A-5_Guy
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"In the ethics of shooting dangerous game is the premise that the trouble you shoot yourself into you must be prepared to shoot yourself out of." -Ernest Hemingway Semper Fi
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: A-5_Guy]
#927887
09/26/09 04:12 AM
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Fooshman
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I shoot Xpert or whatever I get a good/cheap deal on lol
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: Fooshman]
#927893
09/26/09 04:16 AM
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wal1809
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Remington Sure Shot 3" #4
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: wal1809]
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09/26/09 09:15 AM
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Delta Waterfowl
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20ga:
Old Remington loaded Hevi-Shot in 7 1/2 or 6, I have about 24 cases combined
Remington Wingmaster HD in #6
Winchester Drylok's or Supreme's in #4's
12ga:
Remington Nitro #3's or #4's
Fiocchi #4"s
This year I am going to try some of the #3 Kent's in the 1 1/4oz load
I like slow over fast
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: Delta Waterfowl]
#928075
09/26/09 12:45 PM
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kenmorrow
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Price is no object = Kent Tungsten Matrix On a reasonable budget = Kent Fasteel
*disclaimer: Kent is a sponsor of mine, but I've been shooting nothing but Fasteel since long before they were a sponsor.
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: kenmorrow]
#928139
09/26/09 02:25 PM
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Moose K
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Price is no object = Kent Tungsten Matrix On a reasonable budget = Kent Fasteel
*disclaimer: Kent is a sponsor of mine, but I've been shooting nothing but Fasteel since long before they were a sponsor. I concur on the Kent Fasteel! Never shot the Tungsten, but Kent is my favorite. It's also a lot cheaper than Nitro Steel, Winchester Supreme, and Federal.
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: Moose K]
#928156
09/26/09 03:01 PM
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Beer_Slayer
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i prefer the single pellet hand loads... i shoot them in the eyeball. jmho.
Beer of the world beware. I'll kill an 18 pack just to watch it die.
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: Beer_Slayer]
#928350
09/26/09 05:32 PM
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blackdog21
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1.BC 2.Fast Steel 3.Matrix if I am rich that week
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: A-5_Guy]
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10/03/09 07:07 PM
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lakesteak123
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kent!!! 4x cut open a expert or dry lock shell and the shot looks like welding slag!!
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: lakesteak123]
#940984
10/03/09 07:55 PM
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Jeff Elder
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I have shot Federal ever since they have made us inlanders shoot steel
Last edited by jeff34; 10/03/09 07:56 PM.
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: A-5_Guy]
#942293
10/04/09 09:32 PM
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HOU Razorback
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Winchester Supremem is my favorite, but I end up shooting Xpert because that's what I can afford
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: HOU Razorback]
#943659
10/05/09 03:11 PM
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duckalyzer
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
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#943725
10/05/09 03:44 PM
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LarryCopper
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Like a lot of folks I'm on board with the "speed kills" theory. I didn't make the Kent FS switch until two seasons ago and I (and the ducks) can tell a big difference. Before that I would usually shoot Winchester Expert, Supreme, and Remington Hevi. When BC came out I tried a couple of boxes of it, even patterned it with factory IC and MOD tubes, and didn't like it.
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: Beer_Slayer]
#943742
10/05/09 03:52 PM
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Marcstar
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i prefer the single pellet hand loads... i shoot them in the eyeball. jmho. That's pretty aggressive. For me I cheat and like putting two pellets...I figure there are two eyes. Call it my handicap load.
Dear Lord please bullwhip me for saying this but I agree, Marcstar is in the lead. Please nobody use this as a quote!!!
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: Delta Waterfowl]
#943753
10/05/09 03:55 PM
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Marcstar
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20ga:
Old Remington loaded Hevi-Shot in 7 1/2 or 6, I have about 24 cases combined
What are you a billionaire? Hell 24 boxes is a lot...but cases? Good lord you won't find that much on a store shelf.
Dear Lord please bullwhip me for saying this but I agree, Marcstar is in the lead. Please nobody use this as a quote!!!
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Re: What is your favorite waterfowl ammo?
[Re: Marcstar]
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10/05/09 03:57 PM
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Marcstar
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I've used it all and still do. BLackCloud hits like a hammer but I can kill with any of it. I've bought Hevi Shot in the past and since I didnt all the sudden start making 60 yard shots it really performed for me the same as steel.
Dear Lord please bullwhip me for saying this but I agree, Marcstar is in the lead. Please nobody use this as a quote!!!
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