I had a box of those exact shells I used for openner last year.. I got the same performance you are talking about, absolutely dead centerring birds in the shot pattern and they werestill flying off!!!Ive hunted ducks for 20 years,, im no rookie at this game,, all shots were under 30 yards and the performance was horrible!!

I cut one open and looked at the innards,, shot inside was of low quality(you could actually peel them open) and had low amounts of fine gun powder. Cut open a fasteel shell, excellent shaped shot and larger size and more gun powder in them. Try some 3" 1-1/8 oz #2's at 1560 fps of Kent Fasteel,, you will immediately notice the difference! TAIL, BODY, BEAK, BOOM,,,DEAD BIRD!

If you have too waterswat crip's I suggest you buy a box of #4 or 6's for this,, they do a much better job of finishing off crip's.