Good deal on Shotgun ammo?

Tjv787

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Saw this online at bass pro. I'm not familiar with the cost of shotgun shells and what's a good deal or not .
Is this a good deal or does better deals come around if you look/wait?
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I haven't been able to get Winchester skeet in the case packs for a couple years, but that "sale price" is about the "regular price" for Federal Top Gun or the Challenger offerings.

I can't imagine dropping 105 bucks a case for this stuff - so no deal...
 
Tjv787 said:
I'm not familiar with weight and shot number. What would this example of shot be suitable for ?
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If you are unfamiliar with differences and different (uses) for shotgun shells I will try and give you a list - other's will no doubt jump in.

To hunt Waterfowl (primarily Geese and Ducks, but there is a couple other less common birds included) you MUST use non-toxic shot anywhere in Canada - these are Federally regulated birds. So most shoot Steel shot but bismuth and tungsten is also available.

For hunting ducks over decoys most will use (minimally) number 4 shot, but 3, 2, 1, BB, BBB, T and F (never personally seen F, but sell T at work) are also used. 4 would be the "smallest" pellets and as the number gets smaller, the size gets bigger. BB are about the size of a BB (like in BB gun), BBB a little bigger and T is a little larger than BBB. And F is about the size of a 22 caliber bullet.

For hunting Geese or higher flying ducks many will use the larger shot sizes BB or BBB (but that's a personal thing).

For Upland birds (partridge, grouse, doves, pheasants, whatever), plus most of the small animals, rabbit's etc you CAN use LEAD shot (could also use steel if you want - so either is fine).

Again, you pick a shot size that matches what you are shooting. A pheasant that is a rather small bird might "evaporate" it you hit it with a BB load, so an 8, 7.5 or 6 shot would be "typical" - a rabbit being larger (Jack Rabbit) might be hunted with a number 2 or number 4 lead load.

Then you have the buck shot loads. These are "larger" pellets. So you have number 4, 3, 2, 1, 00 and 000 "buck". These loads are meant for shooting deer at closer range (think 50 yards max) or larger varmints (Coyote, Wolf etc). In some places it's illegal to shoot deer with the smaller sized buckshot - Ontario for example has a minimum of number 1 bucks - so number 1, 00 and 000 buck shot would be legal for deer hunting.

Then there is skeet/trap or target loads (for shooting clay pigeons/targets) - you will find, almost always in lead, #9, #8, #7.5. They might be a little lighter in terms of the total weight (total number of pellets) compared to what you would find in a "hunting load" (but not always). Sometimes there is "tracers" added to the shot that give a black or orange appearance when fired (so that you can track with your eye where the shot is going and how it's spreading out).

Now my head hurts so I will leave it there - I haven't even got into high and low brass, pellet count, total shot weight etc. But this should give you enough to get you "googling" and doing some reading on what shot to use where.
 
Bass pro is pretty expensive...I first noticed this based on their cleaning products. They were 30-60% higher then sail and Le Beron prices. It must be their fancy retail store. Le Beron has shotgun ammo cases for 64$-73$
 
that's high, getting into AA price range.
Last fall i picked up 1oz kents for $79.00 a 1/2 case.
Challengers every day at CT for under $8.00/box
 
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