Kent has been my choice of steel shot shells for several years. It patterns well and the cost is far lower than some other brands. The one thing I would stay away from is Winchester Xpert steel. That stuff is junk. I was on a hunt in Arkansas in Jan 2007, several of us had different brands of steel so we decided to cut then open and compare. The Xpert stuff looked like shot that was swept up off the floor at the factory. The shot was not round and several pieces (20 or so) had flat spots or indentions in the shot. So I'd stay away from that junk.