I currently use the Remington Hevishot but since Remington don't make them anymore I'm still trying to decide what I'll use next? dont know to try the Hevi-13 hevishot or the Remington wingmaster HD or ??? just curious what everyone else uses. the gun will be a Remington 870 if that helps

Nitro.

http://www.nitrocompany.com/

I second that suggestion

I'll 3rd that suggestion! Don't waste your money on anything else. Get Nitros and be done with the guesswork.

go with nitro they are more expensive, but they are the best

Winchester Extended Range... If you buy Nitro's, pland on buying a new choke tooMight cost 200 bucks to put a S!@# load of #7 shot in a bird at 40 yards

They're not making the Xtended Range shells anymore though. They've been replaced with the Xtended Range Supreme Elite line of shells. They cost almost $40 for a box of 10. That's almost approaching the price of Nitros. For a few dollars more I'd definitely go the Nitro route.

I wish they did still make the regular Extended Range though. They patterned awesome in my gun. And they weren't too expensive for a premium shell.

Funny how lead wasn't mentioned. I would try lead #5 and #6 in Remmington, Winchester and federal. With Nitros it seems you would need 2 boxes. One for trying different chokes with and the other to hunt with. That will run close to 300.00. which to me is about the price of a GUN!

Well, that's one of the reasons that Nitros are expensive: Nitro does a lot of R&D work for you. They list on their web page many different shell/choke/gun combinations. They've mostly tested with the Jellyhead and Rhino chokes. It definitely eliminates alot of guess work.

i've got the Xtended Range Supreme Elite ....i know they're not as good as the nitros, but they're darn close....i patterened them with the nitros, and for the money, i would definately go with the winchesters.....i paid $34.99 for mine...box of 10.....