Hevi-METAL
12-25-2009, 06:40 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Frederick, Colorado
Posts: 93
Hevi-METAL
Has anybody tried these shells? the reviews seem good. theyre about 25 buck for an box of 25. i was gonna buy some and try it out. i want something a little denser than steel that patterns better too.
Last edited by goose caller; 12-25-2009 at 06:42 PM.
12-28-2009, 08:17 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Lancaster pa
Posts: 3,015
As far as black cloud goes I believe those that think it's great happen to have success with it. Personally, I used to shoot Kent faststeel but couldn't get it to pattern out of my new sx3. I switched to black cloud and had great results. So to me, it drops birds when others didn't...simple as that.
12-28-2009, 12:11 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Lancaster pa
Posts: 3,015
Yes, it is just a standard steel shot but has a flight control wad. I shot my sx3 in both a full and modified choke with Kent and had blown and off center patterns. I switched to black cloud with my modified choke and have great patterns with it out to 50 - 60 yards. A lot of people make the mistake of using full chokes or wad stripping chokes with BC and this is a huge mistake. The restriction pulls the wad away immediately upon leaving the barrell and defeats it's intended purpose. The FS steel shot in the black clouds also penetrates deeper due to it's cutting edge. I read some pretty interesting independent tests on it and they really seem to penetrate better than standard steel.
12-29-2009, 05:12 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: down in a hole
Posts: 1,441
I've never had or heard of that happening to anyone. However, on two different occasions with two different people, the bc shell wouldn't eject out of a pump and it would get stuck in the barrel.
