shells

[ericlw]

alright i bought some remmington premier nitro 1 1/8 ounce #8 sporting clay shells. I saw some remmington sts sporting clays light load sheets too. does it matter?just for skeet and trap...im a newbie for benelli ss.

[seamusTX]

The pricier target clay loads use an alloy that does not clump as much as lead sometimes does, and they have a fancier shot cup. They also use brass hull bases that you can reload.

The cheaper ones are pure lead shot and aluminum bases.

I bought five types one time and patterened them. I could barely see a difference at 15 yards.

IMHO, I doubt the type of shell makes a difference unless you're shooting 95 out of 100 already.

- Jim

[Oldgringo]

I agree with Jim above.

Back in the day when I was regularly shooting registered Trap and Skeet, I never could consistantly break 98 with my reloads or any other shotshells. One has to be able to break 100's after 100's if one is going to amount to anything in the Trap and/or Skeet world.

I gave up Skeet and Trap shooting and took up bowling. That didn't work out a whole lot better than competition shotgun shooting so I took up golf and then settled in on drinking. I'm pretty good at that.

PS:

Empty shotgun shells make quite worthy 100 yard targets for .22 lr shooters.