[Worc]

I agree with Scoupe with the #2's. I like #4 steel for the first and second week of the season at the most. The last banded goose I shoot was with HV #4 steel. He was about 25 yards out and a foot or two off the water. I could not find my goose loads in the blind so I used what I had. The first shot he was going away. He was spinning in circles in the water so it hit him with a second shot. I added his leg bang to my lynard.

What velocity were you using with those #4's?

 

[Worc]

Try it you'll never shoot steel again.

I have, and I'm still shooting HV steel.

 

[Worc]

Pellet energy is pellet energy. Granted the denser non toxic material loads can use a smaller pellet or lower velocity than a steel load. That is why when using steel you use a two shot size larger than lead for similar pellet energy. With the denser non toxic you use one size smaller than lead for similar pellet energy.

If one guy were shooting #6 in Hevi Shot and the other #6 in steel at the same velocity. There is a big advantage for the Hevi Shot energy wise. If the guy shooting steel was using #3 then there would be similar pellet energies. The smaller and heavier the pellet, the more down range energy it will retain.

 

[Worc]

But that is the beauty of the internert. You can say anything and there is no way to verify it.

You mean like this?

I will be duck hunting tomorrow with 3 more guys with steel shot. I am sure I will see the same crippling that I am used to. It always happens that way in the real world.

 

[Worc]

A Steel load of 1 3/8oz of #1's = 142 pellets.

http://deltagear.net/ShotgunFacts.htm

A Hevi Shot load of 1 1/4oz of #4's = 134 pellets.
A Hevi Shot load of 1 1/2oz of #4's = 161 pellets.

http://www.hevishot.com/products_duck.html