hevi-shot chokes and shells

[pjeffreys]

any of y'all use a hevi-shot brand choke or shells? what are your opinions of it?

[dukkillr]

I've shot their shells for a few years.  Not sure it makes a difference but even at 4 birds a year a box of shells lasts me a while...

[JRW209]

I dont use the choke but the shells seem to work fine. 5 shells and 4 turkeys. that fifth shell was my fault. i got a little excited

JW

[pjeffreys]

that can happen jrw209. their new magnum blend looks really good but i wonder how it patterns and what constriction it works best with. i've emailed hevi-shot but they haven't replied yet.

[mcwoodduck]

I like the heavy shot.
It allowed me to make a shot and anchor a bird that i normally would not have been able to get.
I ran it through standard choke tubes to great effect.

I remember Remington comming out with the Dueplex shells in 88 to 91 and they were copper plated 4 and 6 or 2 and 6 for turkey hunting.  From what I remember they were not very popular as they were expensive for the time at almost a $1 a shell.  3 to 4 times the cost of some of the most expesnice shells at the time.
I remember them as being 1 1/4 oz shells with 7/8 of an ounce being the smaller pellets and 1/2 ounce being the heavier pellets.  Maybe the other way around.  some how shooting a combo of a 20 gan and a 410 out of one shell did not sound great to me when there were 1 1/4 #4 and #6 loads out there for 1/2 to 1/4 the price.
The idea was the same.  Heavy pellets for damage and smaller shot to fill in the pattern and make multiple hits.
I think I would like to stick to the 3" heavy shot #4's i have been using.
Since the heavy shot is so much denser than lead the 4's have the weight of 2's even shooting #6 shot would give you a good dense pattern and have the killing power of #4 lead.

[SHOOTALL]

I use their shot but not chokes . I use Briley tubes and have good luck with them. They don't have ports or studs but they work great . To be honest a shot cup moving at 14400 inches per second ( 1200 FPS) passes thru a tube so fast in a shot cup how could a ported tube reall inflict influence ? Wouldn't the shot cup block it ? As for studs if not perfect wouldn't they have a tendency to make the cup yaw ? The exception is the Rem choke with stright "rifling" it seems to shoot a very nice tight pattern. I have best luck on turkeys with #4 shot ment for ducks ,

[SHOOTALL]

I like the heavy shot.
It allowed me to make a shot and anchor a bird that i normally would not have been able to get.
I ran it through standard choke tubes to great effect.

I remember Remington comming out with the Dueplex shells in 88 to 91 and they were copper plated 4 and 6 or 2 and 6 for turkey hunting.  From what I remember they were not very popular as they were expensive for the time at almost a $1 a shell.  3 to 4 times the cost of some of the most expesnice shells at the time.
I remember them as being 1 1/4 oz shells with 7/8 of an ounce being the smaller pellets and 1/2 ounce being the heavier pellets.  Maybe the other way around.  some how shooting a combo of a 20 gan and a 410 out of one shell did not sound great to me when there were 1 1/4 #4 and #6 loads out there for 1/2 to 1/4 the price.
The idea was the same.  Heavy pellets for damage and smaller shot to fill in the pattern and make multiple hits.
I think I would like to stick to the 3" heavy shot #4's i have been using.
Since the heavy shot is so much denser than lead the 4's have the weight of 2's even shooting #6 shot would give you a good dense pattern and have the killing power of #4 lead.

here they cost about the same as other turkey loads and they helped fill many of my tags and friends tags . I used BBX4 until we were restricted to nothing larger than #2 shot , silly law since 22 rifles up are legal

[mcwoodduck]

I like the heavy shot.
It allowed me to make a shot and anchor a bird that i normally would not have been able to get.
I ran it through standard choke tubes to great effect.

I remember Remington comming out with the Dueplex shells in 88 to 91 and they were copper plated 4 and 6 or 2 and 6 for turkey hunting.  From what I remember they were not very popular as they were expensive for the time at almost a $1 a shell.  3 to 4 times the cost of some of the most expesnice shells at the time.
I remember them as being 1 1/4 oz shells with 7/8 of an ounce being the smaller pellets and 1/2 ounce being the heavier pellets.  Maybe the other way around.  some how shooting a combo of a 20 gan and a 410 out of one shell did not sound great to me when there were 1 1/4 #4 and #6 loads out there for 1/2 to 1/4 the price.
The idea was the same.  Heavy pellets for damage and smaller shot to fill in the pattern and make multiple hits.
I think I would like to stick to the 3" heavy shot #4's i have been using.
Since the heavy shot is so much denser than lead the 4's have the weight of 2's even shooting #6 shot would give you a good dense pattern and have the killing power of #4 lead.

here they cost about the same as other turkey loads and they helped fill many of my tags and friends tags . I used BBX4 until we were restricted to nothing larger than #2 shot , silly law since 22 rifles up are legal

I just remember when Remington first brought them out they were really expensive (or maybe it was jut me being in college and having to weigh eating for the week or having really good shot shells for turkey.)  Could also have een the shops I was dealing with at the time  -Bob's in Norfolk and Green Top just outside of Richmond.

[SHOOTALL]

I got mine at Greentop ( still deal there ), and I to watched pennies . As for Bob's on Grandby St. he is still the highest place in Va. to by ammo IMHO . Like I said I compared to other 10 round boxed of turkey loads not 25 round boxes of # 5's That I also used which were cheaper shell for shell.
As a side story , The first gun I got from Greentop I got from the guy who owned it . It was back when surplus ammo sat around on the concrete floor. I wanted a gun and was looking at it . He ask if I wanted to take it home . I said yes but didn't have enough cash. He ask what I had . I told him and he said heres the deal I give you the gun and two boxes od ammo for what you got and you buy ammo from me as long as I got as good or better price than other stores . That was over 30 years ago and I still check with them first when I buy ammo. I still deal with his sons , good folks all of them.

[surehuntsalot]

I have been using them in my 20ga for the last 2 years