The added exspense and recoil of 3 1/2 shells IMHO not worth the extra money. Just because one is throwing more shot it doesn't alway equate into more killing power at longer distances. With a sphere being a ballisticly awful, everything evens out by 55-60 yard no matter how fast it leaves the muzzle. Unless one is adept at long shots (beyond 45 yard and very few truely are) money is better spent on good decoys and the skeet field.