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Message: <blockquote data-quote="snow" data-source="post: 227767" data-attributes="member: 1056">Agreed,shots inside 40yds over dekes any and all steel ammo will do the job no matter the make,I'm scratching my head why anyone would shoot 3.5ammo this close in?Most often over the years when field hunting I found alot of guyz have an issue judging distance and as stated above poor shot placement,not all birds will come in with feet down,late season and educated birds are a challenge to decoy up tight,some flare for various reason,some will swing wide,upping your ammo quailty can help the hunter bag more birds as long as he does his his job on shot placement.Now for folks that shoot the high end brands these guyz are looking for performance,hence we have black cloud,hyper steel,hex etc...then in that same price point catagory we also have "Hevi Metal" not hevi steel or hevi shot but Hevi Metal which is a blend of highly machined steel pellets and Hevi shot 50/50 blend (hevi shot pellets are made up of tungsen,nickle and tin) 10% heavier than lead and 50% more dense than steel plus this load uses a smaller shot size when packaging the shells.Example,hevi metal in #2 shot,has 50% of #2 steel pellets and #4 hevi shot pellets the smaller shot size gives each shell 20% pellets in each shell=- more pellets on target.The load looks like this~[ATTACH]26881[/ATTACH]- - - Updated - - -PS~ Also agreed about choke selection paired with ammo brand and shot size,its recommended that shooters using shot size greater than #1 use a more open choke for peak performance where the pattern board will tell the story,but for most guyz that get out a few times during the fall,factory chokes,and blue box will do ya just fine.Most aftermarket chokes have vaious and assorted choke selections for various shooting situations but thats another thread.</blockquote>

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