After employing every ruse possible to avoid using steel shot, I finally succumbed during the opening of the Duck Season here in Victoria, Australia last weekend. Using 36 gram Remington Nitro Steel Magnums in #2 shot and Teague skeet chokes in a Model 10 Miroku, everything within 30 yards was stone cold dead, but much beyond that - forget it!

My shooting buddy, a much better shot (having represented Autralia in Trapshooting - his 2004 score card currently shows 675 straight!), using a tighter choked gun with 32 gram #3's (RIO/RC/Saga) really struggled! Couldn't bring down a Mountain Duck at 25 yards - close enough to hear it squark and see feathers every time it was hit, and beyond that range - lots of hits on Black Duck and Teal - but obviously no penetration.

I reckon we've been sold a "bill of goods" with this crap! A mate that shot in New Zealand recently saw some incredibly tight/even patterns shot with Tungsten/Polymer. Has anybody any experience with it on Duck/geese to report?