> I have never written to a manufacturer before but must tell you how > impressed I am with your shotgun shells. I have hunted ducks and geese > on Sauvies Island near Portland Oregon for 57 years. I have shot > doves, chukars, quail, pheasants and shot trap competitively many > years ago. I have a special order Benelli Super Blackhawk with a 24 > inch barrel. My friends laughed at me until they saw what that gun and > your shells did to ducks and geese. I use an improved cyclinder choke > with your 3 inch 1 1/8 ounce #4s. The pattern at 40 yards is far the > best I have ever seen in any gun with any previous loads I have used. > We have measured several stone-dead ducks hit at 55-60 yards. I know > it is not perfect but we have able to do this by picking out an object > with a range finder and comparing that with a duck as it was hit. Some > of the birds were hit after going out of the lake over dry ground. I > certainly do not make a point of shooting this far away but > occassionaly you have to try to kill a cripple from another hunter or > you just get excited! I do not honestly remember a cripple in the past > 3 years since I have been using your shells. I have rarely found a > pellet left in the bird. I have also calculated the difference in lead > over the typical load of 1300 fps. I think it makes a huge difference! > Thanks for these shells. Thomas Davis >