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Old 02-15-2002, 11:32 AM
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How many of you guys have taken birds past 35 yards with these shells?
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Old 02-15-2002, 12:33 PM
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I have used the activ penetrator II's out to 40 with no problems. the ones I used where 3" mag with 2 1/4 oz. of # 6 nickle plated shot.
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Old 02-15-2002, 05:27 PM
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Just wondering because a friend of mine was shooting them a few years back and when we patterned them at 40 yards at a card board box the #5 pellets were not even going threw the other side of the box they would either be rolling around in the bottom or stuck in the back side of the box. I new they were not mine because they were all nickel plated shot in the box...
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Old 02-16-2002, 08:15 PM
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He might of gotten a bad box. I patterned out to 40 yards and the pellets stuck in the tree,. I knocked a nice tom out with #5 activs last season like a light1
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Old 02-16-2002, 08:18 PM
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I never had any problems either, they seem to do just as good as my federals, winchesters, and remingtons did. funny thing was at 20 yards the wad almost always hit the target too!
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Old 02-17-2002, 06:22 AM
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Can you even get active shot shells any longer, I thought they sold out to someone, and not being manufactured any longer.
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Old 02-17-2002, 08:06 AM
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That is the reason i like to keep at least 4 or 5 boxs of ammo for each gun that way when a ammo manufacture gets a wild hair and change something i still have something to fall back on. I have 3 turkey guns and they all like something different. So i always have at least 15 boxes of ammo around.
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Old 02-17-2002, 05:50 PM
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LOL @Mr. Longbeard, folks for all your ammo needs just call 1-800-longbeard.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>


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