Thread: Steel Shot.........

Any of you duck hunters got your eye on any really good deals on steel shot? I'm not a Hevi Shot guy. I shoot the cheapest steel I can find in #2 or BB.

I shoot Kent FastSteel 3" #2. Its not cheap, but it works the best from my 870. Federal bluebox steel, not so much, they are crap in my gun.

x2 on the Kent. One of the ag fertilizer places here in town had a retail side they just recently closed down. Lots of stuff went dirt cheap and at one time they had the Kent's for around $9 a box on the 12ga steel. Wish I would have caught it earlier and would have bought all they had. I have shot the Kent's for years now and really like them. I still shoot regular ol' 3" shells and never seemed to have a problem killing ducks along side guys shooting the high dollar 3 1/2". Hawks over in your neck of the woods used to have good deals on them as well.

Fort Thompson has Federal 3" for 99.99. I have shot before and there is nothing wrong with the shell.

Originally Posted by l_tedford

Fort Thompson has Federal 3" for 99.99. I have shot before and there is nothing wrong with the shell.

These are the shells I was referring to as junk in my gun. I shot the absolute worst I have ever shot in my life with these on 3 hunts. Switched back to Kents and it was like a light switch, every duck fell dead.

Mack's or Fort Thompson should be running sales about now.

Federal has always been a "dirty" shell in the heavier loads for my experience. I shot Kent's until they got up near the $150/case range. I shot Xperts for a while and then we couldn't get them. Fiochi's last year, but man that shell throws a fireball out the end of the barrel. I'd shoot some more Fiochi shells if I could get them for $100-$110/case.

Hawks used to have a lot of stuff and be really competitive on most items. Seems like they don't try to be competitive any more.

Nimrod, I did see online that Mack's had Xpert's for $109/case. That may be what I get, just thought there might be a store along the way of my route throught he state that would be worth stopping and picking up 5 or 6 cases for a decent price.

Originally Posted by arkcrappie

5 or 6 cases

Originally Posted by arkcrappie

Federal has always been a "dirty" shell in the heavier loads for my experience. I shot Kent's until they got up near the $150/case range. I shot Xperts for a while and then we couldn't get them. Fiochi's last year, but man that shell throws a fireball out the end of the barrel. I'd shoot some more Fiochi shells if I could get them for $100-$110/case.

Hawks used to have a lot of stuff and be really competitive on most items. Seems like they don't try to be competitive any more.

Nimrod, I did see online that Mack's had Xpert's for $109/case. That may be what I get, just thought there might be a store along the way of my route throught he state that would be worth stopping and picking up 5 or 6 cases for a decent price.

Hate to hear that about Hawks. I used to get over that way quite a bit because they had the best deals around. Haven't been over there in probably 4-5 years though. Seemed like they were always the "Grizzly Jig" of hunting stuff but I will say that the customer service was always much better at Grizzly. Hopefully they can turn it around and continue to do well.....Blytheville is like Kennett...they need places like that to stay!!

5 OR 6 CASES! !!!!! MUST BE A TERRIBLE SHOT! !!!!! LOL HOW MANY THOUSANDS ARE U PLANNING ON KILLING! !!!!!