3.5IN 2OZ #6 LONGBEARD SHELLS - 02/25/15
got 3 boxes of em 2 with same lot #
went batshyt crazy looking around for them
cant wait to get out and pattern some with my 835 and rhino.670
tired of the bait and switch magblends/hevi13,s
envoirmetal put out some good stuff at 1st
got everybody lured in with big pellet counts
then went downhill on their shells and pellet counts
tore apart a mag blend last year
broke out the digital scale
and got pretty pissed off
when I separated what looked like 5 6 7 shot into different piles
the 1st quarter inch of the payload was flax seeds......
the granular filler/buffering of the shell didn't even extend above the bottom 1/4th of the shell
total hevishot payload was well its below the advertised 2 1/4th oz by far
weighed it all with the flax seeds and the filler/buffer and wad included
then it weighed just barely over the 2 1/4th advertised load
called them up/emailed them numerous times wanting an explanation
ph# is to some mom and pop grocery store they operate out of
and they never return calls or emails
used to shoot nitro rays 501L economy heavy shot with copper load
same story
switching components cutting corners and short pellet counts long waits
if I can get a 225-240ish count in 10" @40yds with the longbeard shell I will be happy with the price and double the number of shells(10)versus 5 with crapblend or conman13 or ripoffray nowadays
I seen a ad in outdoor life (I think) where win longbeard shot a 325 into 10"@40 and 50 into 3" on that same target at the world paper championships last spring and how they also set 3 new world records
I used to get a count of 225ish with a strut stopper extreme .670 in a mossy 835 and hevi13 3.5 2 1/4th #6 a long time ago
then I bought a .680 rhino for the gun and shot the 501L for the longest time and got 325ish counts in 10"@40yds
then dealt with seriously declining pellet counts and component switching from ripoffray on orders placed with him the next 2 years
then sold that gun like a fool cause of tough times
but basically resetup the same gun again last year with a rhino.670 instead of the .680 shot the mag blends with a 200-210 pellet count(totally unhappy with that count)killed 2 good toms and started hearing all the reviews about win longbeardso im gonna give em a whirl and if they pattern good and kill good I will be happy
if not I will bide my time till after the season and use what I got and then look for someone with a good TSS load or swallow my pride a little and try nitro rays shell h517 in straight 7 but I sure as fugg aint ordering them directly from him and waiting till the cows come home for him to make and ship them
plenty of local dealers in TN and KY carry his shells
it is just too fuggin cold to go out and pattern now
went batshyt crazy looking around for them
cant wait to get out and pattern some with my 835 and rhino.670
tired of the bait and switch magblends/hevi13,s
envoirmetal put out some good stuff at 1st
got everybody lured in with big pellet counts
then went downhill on their shells and pellet counts
tore apart a mag blend last year
broke out the digital scale
and got pretty pissed off
when I separated what looked like 5 6 7 shot into different piles
the 1st quarter inch of the payload was flax seeds......
the granular filler/buffering of the shell didn't even extend above the bottom 1/4th of the shell
total hevishot payload was well its below the advertised 2 1/4th oz by far
weighed it all with the flax seeds and the filler/buffer and wad included
then it weighed just barely over the 2 1/4th advertised load
called them up/emailed them numerous times wanting an explanation
ph# is to some mom and pop grocery store they operate out of
and they never return calls or emails
used to shoot nitro rays 501L economy heavy shot with copper load
same story
switching components cutting corners and short pellet counts long waits
if I can get a 225-240ish count in 10" @40yds with the longbeard shell I will be happy with the price and double the number of shells(10)versus 5 with crapblend or conman13 or ripoffray nowadays
I seen a ad in outdoor life (I think) where win longbeard shot a 325 into 10"@40 and 50 into 3" on that same target at the world paper championships last spring and how they also set 3 new world records
I used to get a count of 225ish with a strut stopper extreme .670 in a mossy 835 and hevi13 3.5 2 1/4th #6 a long time ago
then I bought a .680 rhino for the gun and shot the 501L for the longest time and got 325ish counts in 10"@40yds
then dealt with seriously declining pellet counts and component switching from ripoffray on orders placed with him the next 2 years
then sold that gun like a fool cause of tough times
but basically resetup the same gun again last year with a rhino.670 instead of the .680 shot the mag blends with a 200-210 pellet count(totally unhappy with that count)killed 2 good toms and started hearing all the reviews about win longbeardso im gonna give em a whirl and if they pattern good and kill good I will be happy
if not I will bide my time till after the season and use what I got and then look for someone with a good TSS load or swallow my pride a little and try nitro rays shell h517 in straight 7 but I sure as fugg aint ordering them directly from him and waiting till the cows come home for him to make and ship them
plenty of local dealers in TN and KY carry his shells
it is just too fuggin cold to go out and pattern now