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Does anyone have any experience with these shells? In particular, how is the consistency of the shot size that actually makes it into the shells?

Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 98 Location: Illinois

Never checked the shot size but they bust clays pretty damn well.

They are a bit dirty though.

Ditto. Nice shells for clays. Leave a ton of residue behind. If you shoot 100 targets with an O/U, be ready to scrub both bbls for a while.

I think someone posted that this is due to the relatively low pressure of the load.

Cool. Would you buy a flat of these to shoot in the bottom barrel while chasing grouse and woodcock?

Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 98 Location: Illinois

Sure would.. My Dad has shot quite a few through his Stevens SxS in 16ga and they've put quite a few pheasant in the bag.

Honestly, I find the remington game loads superior and they typically cost less.

If you can't find ammo easily, which is typical for us 16ers, hell, buy 2 flats.

My reluctance on the Remington game loads stems from years ago, when I cut a few open that were marked #8's, and found a wide variability in the shot sizes -- everything from 6's to 9's. I never weighed out the powder, but did assume that if they were inconsistent in the shot, they probably had the same issue with the powder charge. They are fine for monkeying around with a clay thrower in the back yard, but my feeling is that if you are going to go through with the effort and other expense of hunting birds, a couple of dollars a box more for consistency is a small part of the equation, and worth it to me.

Wow, that's really interesting. I wonder if anyone's done that recently to see if this is still the case. I've used the RGLs by the ton in the last year or so. Always good while bird hunting, never quite sure what it did while clay shooting and never had the time to pattern them.

Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 98 Location: Illinois

I think if you cut open any number of shells from different manufacturers and different types, you will probably find a lot of the same thing.

I personally wouldn't get too caught up on it.

I think SAAMI regulations allow for 1 size +/- in a shotshell to still meet specifications. I might be wrong though. Confused

I have shot the cheap Remingtons for many years primarily because it is about the only 16 gauge shell that goes on sale around here. Never had any trouble with them on the clays range. But I think if I was hunting, I would buy a better quality shell. Consider B&P or the Fiocchi shells for hunting and use the cheap shells for clays. It doesn't take much to break a clay bird but the real thing is something else.

I found Fiocchi's nice to shoot clays with but reloading can be a problem.
The shell is a fattie and even after colleting the brass they won't fit in my 16g guns-certainly not in a tightly chambered Sweet Sixteen.
Fiocchi primers are slightly larger as well-once you use them in a hull, that's all you can use in the same hull.