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So I spent about $120 buying shells to pattern a few years ago and that exact same Kent ammo shot the best of the bunch out of my Benelli and happened to be the cleanest shooting ammo too. Now my Browning seemed to prefer the predecessor to the black cloud, Blind Side ammo and it shot pretty good. High pellet count for both at 30 yds. Cant remember the numbers but it was impressive as hell, the Kent was about 10% denser than all the others

Give the Hypersonics a try in 1 1/4 #4s with an improved modified high quality aftermarket choke, BIG improvement!

I love Hevi-Shot but it patterns terribly out of my new Remington 870 express so I moved to Remington Hypersonics and they pattern amazing. (I’m using factory choke btw.)

I pegged a speck at 65 yards with Kent 3 1/2 inch 4 shot and found about 17 bb's in the bird and 5 of which hit the head and neck. I trust my kent shot, and affordable

If you pay more than $20 for a box of shells chances are you own 2 or more Yeti’s and have a Salt Life sticker on your pristine, $75,000 “truck”.

Great video. For ducks I use kent 2 3/4" BBB and set up to shoot at 50 to 70 yards. Amazing result in my 12 gauge weatherby pump with improved choke. For geese I use federal 3" mag T size pellets. Results also amazing. I routinely drop geese beyond 70 yards. Extremely tight pattern in my gun. These are the only 2 shells I use.

I just came upon this video. I just want to share my experience with a couple of these brands. 2 years ago I bought several boxes of the Remington Hypersonic 1700 FPS #2's. I hunted with them for 3/4 of the season and I was missing so many ducks I almost threw my gun in the marsh. I thought to myself you have lost your touch, (it was the difference between two ducks and a LIMIT on some days with the misses). The last two years I went with Kent Faststell #2's at 1300FPS. Quite a difference on FPS. My kill ratio of ducks went thru the roof. My opinion on this drastic change is this. Any shell above 1450 FPS equals a tremendous increase in recoil and blown patterns coming out of the gun at that muzzle velocity! I have no scientific testing on this, but I will never purchase a shell above 1450 FPS ever again! Loved this video boys.

I have used the black cloud before and it works great

Great Video I just bought the Remington hyper sonic. A bit pricey, but sure am glad you do ammo reviews, so I can see what I just bought, and what to kind of expect from my ammo.

Some have patterned Black Cloud and had good results.

All the guys trash talking probably bought there first duck call last weekend awesome video much appreciated you saved me from probably ever buying a box of black cloud again

I love these shell pattern videos! You should do it again, but with your 20 and 28ga!!

there is a brand out there called "spectra shot", and they shoot colored BBs. you can choose between a couple of different color options. i love my hevi-steel and i am very satisfied with how they treat me, BUT, i have a buddy who loves claiming my ducks and i never have a way to prove him wrong, which is why i'm curious to see how the Sprectra shells shoot, but I've looked them up on KZfaq and i couldn't find any videos of anyone pattern testing them.

used the Kent Faststeel all last fall in central AB and ill defiantly use it again. its cheap, patterns well and gave me no problems

its almost like you should be using a full choke at 40 yards or something. lol

Good stuff. Hey one thing that will help is shoot a 30” circle. That really paints a better picture and a good standard for 40yards is like 80-90% of your pattern is inside 30” at 40yards.

3 years late... But I saw on Randy Wakemans write up about the A5 that Browning provided basically skeet, IC And full/extra full WHEN you measure the amount of constriction from the factory provided chokes, so those are basically IC (mod = ic in this case) patterns which are very impressive at 40yds still

Kent #3s for me for the last 15 hrs tried other loads but always go back to Fasteel they pattern consistently out of all chokes I've tried even factory . I'll stay with them for clean kills any day.

Just bought some remington hypersonic 3.5 bbs they have a bite to them but great knockdown power

Great test. Interesting results.

u just need to use full choke with blackclouds, thell be fine. the other ones have fancy wad that opens the shot midway thus compensating for mod choke. also, I think the velocity is important since the penetration of those 11 bids is way different for 1700 ft/sec vs 1400 ft/sec thanks for video/review!

I have an A5 and I like shooting Kent it’s shoots well in everything I shoot. Never tried hypersonic out of that gun but they crumple geese at 50 yards with my 20ga. It’s just depends on the gun and how you shoot

If you can't get the Black Cloud to pattern well something is wrong. I haven't been duck hunting in a while but that stuff always patterns super tight and knocks birds clean out of the sky.

I shoot a Winchester super x 2 black cloud 3 1/2 BB With the anaconda mid range choke tube for geese and I've never had a problem with that ammo killing birds.

That’s why i use a extended full choke

I heard some chokes don’t like to have high velocity rounds going through it. I have a Carlson’s choke in my benelli nova and it specifically says not to shoot anything above 1600fps. Hypersonic would be nice if you aren’t good at leading.

Last year opening day, my buddy tossed me couple of shells. I shot at a mallard at at least 60 yards above my head to my surprise, brought it down crashing the water I front of me. They were Rem. hypersonic shells. I bought two boxes the next day and then thats at all I bought last year 2s 3s and 1s. But they say that 1700 FPS takes a toll on the shotgun specially gas op semi autos. Shoot them through pumps or o/u s and your shoulder will feel it. With semi auto Record yourself shooting hypersonics and play your gun action movement in slow motion see how hard it comes back and cocks the hammer. I have a box and half left from last season and I don’t think I’ll be buying more of them. I’ll try Kent 2.0 this year.

I’ve been shooting Kent’s for years. Good shells for the money. Not waterproof but if you take care of them that isn’t a problem. Price is better and they throw consistent patterns. I patterned them long ago in all my Invector Plus choke guns and they patterned well. Finding the right shell-choke combo takes some experimenting. I’ve found most guys want to get too tight of a pattern and would be better served in many cases with a nice uniform spread that is more forgiving for the average wing shooter. Good topic Kevin

Appreciate what your doing here. Thanks.

Should have put bigger paper or cardboard behind to see if your gun was high or low patterning at 40 you may have been missing with most of the shot

Another great video brother. Thanks for doing these. I have been shooting the #2 Kent Fast Steels for almost 15 years and love them. I shoot a bit better with the 2 3/4" #2's but its because they are 100+fps faster than the 3"and it helps my shot because i dont lead enough. Nice job dude.

Thanks for confirming I used fast steel , got best results with #4 for ducks and, BB for geese , stoeger M3000 sport

Good to know, I love the Kent and estate at about 1450 to 1550 fps bb

My boy has used cheap Kent steel in his cheap 20 gauge 870 youth model for 2 years with legendary results. It makes me wonder why I’m shooting bismuth out of my 12 gauge.

Kents were trash through my a5 for some reason.. Good vid idea. A count of hits and a running leader board would be pretty cool.. just an idea. Keep it up!

These videos are awesome. I wanna try Kent now this season

Kent is the winner with the Browning A5, if it has the energy at 40 yards. I see the Kent went through the paper, then it must have the power.

I have to say that I've been shooting the hyper Sonics for a few years now. Now that I've seen this video. I'm really beginning to question weather the price that I pay for them is worth it. I agree with you. The kent leads do seem to have a better kill zone.

Shot Kent's with my 20 gauge and always liked them. Going to have to try them with the 12 this year.

Whinchester blind side 3in #2s Carlsson mod mud range choke

Each gun is different so unless you shoot some paper with your gun you don't know. I would like to see 40 yard test of different shells through different guns.

Good review..I shoot tne Black Cloud i might get a box of kents and try them out..

this is aswesome man i used kent shells thats y i dont like black cloud i miss everytime thank u for uploading video man

New at still shot simalar to buck shot? Worry it might hurt my new 12ga.

I shoot a stoeger m3500 with a Carlson’s black cloud choke mid range and a long range my pattern I get shooting black cloud is a huge difference compared to other shells I’ve patterned with it

Grew up on faststeele and continue to use it

If you patterned on a 4’ foot square target you would probably see that the faster shells are blowing a hole in the centre of the pattern ( 1700 fps is ridiculous) whereas the Kent at 1425 does not do this but retains the energy at 40 yards to down a duck

I think you need to retake the shots with the black cloud

I like the Remington hyper Sonics shells I’ve had really good luck with them how ever I do not recommend shooting them out of and older gun they have broke my Remington 11-87 multiple time because of how strong they are

Plus I shoot patternmasters code black goose so reverse wads are out of the question anyways and the hypersonic steel really just burns your chokes up quick if you can’t aim then you can’t hit them dosent really matter what shells you shoot it’s what you get use to shooting consistently

Great videos. Could you shoot like 5 shells at each distance to prove the patterns. Rule out a pulled shot and prove consistency.

I always shoot a full choke when I duck hunt and with black cloud I smoke birds I think it might be a choke thing but that’s hot it works for me and I will continue to use ot

Wondering if the black cloud had the flight control wad??.

Kent is really good shot shells, just because it’s less expensive doesn’t mean it’s “cheap” or bad ammo.

Good info here

Funny I bought the Kent fast steel on sale on accident but wow that shit hurt my shoulder definitely a good round

looks like you pulled a little on the black cloud.

I think it's good that you challenge people to pattern a shotgun. more often than not, people just go out there with whatever shall they have and shoot away and wound Birds, I would like to see you do a side-by-side comparison between the A5 and the Beretta a300. Good video

U shud make a video testing chokes, kicks and pattern master and cremator… with different shells like this series,,,, gonna take a lot of time and money though… hahahaha

I wanted Black Cloud to work for me but it just won't do the job.....Thanks for all the videos

Would like to see a test on #8 or #7.5 for clay shooting

now do it 5 times/shell and compare that. 1 result is no result....

Dear sir, i have been enjoying your every part of this video. Why dont u use full choke...is it a problem to shoot steel shot through full choke? Would benelli give a better pattern? Why most american like benelli over other semi-autos. Please make a comparing video between browning a5 and benelli sbe3. ..enjoyed your videos a lot. Thanks.

Nice video! Definitely going to have to get one of those hats

Gotta love Kent 😂

Great information thank you sir!

What choke you using?

The black clouds were a bad joke for me out of my Bps. But out of my Franchi the same 3 inch black cloud shell shot great out to 30 yards and that is with a Carlson mod choke Great Video!! keep up the good work.

I would rather use the remingtons because if it’s 40 yards you will want all the FPS you can get

Awesome video i have been shootibg the winchesters for years. But might be looking at kent now. What about maybe using like a led sled?

Are you going to take the ones that pattern the best and make a video on what patterns best out of those ones?

Shhhh, don't want the price on the Kent's getting jacked up.

Have shot kents for years. Good shells.

you at least need to shoot the same shot weight (or if not made as close as possible and state that) to get the same number of pellets for the same pellet size. If you can't get as close as possible and state that. It doesn't say much to compare a black cloud load with more pellets except that it should have more hits than others and it didn't. They make several shot weights and speed of black cloud. I saw where you were using modified choke but is it a screw in? If so what make of choke ? Inside of 40 yards #3 or #4 kill as many as 2 with higher speed shells say 1550 fps or more. Since pattern is denser they have better chance of hitting head and neck etc. Remember though speed kills since speed determines energy of pellet and its penetration to vitals. Contrary to intuition. Given the same amount of energy a smaller pellet penetrates much better and kills much further . The problem is you have to have a more dense pellet to do that effectively at longer range like lead or Tungsten. The energy of a pellet is its mass or weight time Velocity squared . Steel shot even at higher velocity still slows fairly dramatically over 40 yards.

Cool video...we shoot full and extra full choke and use Winchester 2 3/4” 1oz. 6 shot for the majority of the season...like $.30 a shot haha we call em economy loads...deadly as well

Get a good aftermarket choke and you don’t have to worry about shooting loads that cost 50$ a box

I shoot blackcloud out of my Stoeger m3000 with an extra full choke (made for steel) and it patterned better at 50 yards then the shells I put it up against. It’s a tough but every time but I love shooting em and haven’t had a problem yet. Switched from Winchester super X and huge difference in my accuracy

Mine patterns great with Black Cloud. I’ll stick with that. Then you say that it may pattern great in yours but this is out of the Browning A5. No that’s just out of YOUR Browning A5.

I shoot rem hypersteel and if you hit the bird you basically don't even need to worry about it being crippled. The impact is impressive. However the impact on your shoulder is equally as unforgiving. Plan to be sore after shooting 10 of them hahah

Thanks for sharing.

Does anyone know what is the barrel length that Remington tests their Hypersonic with to get 1700 fps? I can't find a review online.

Switched from Blackcloud to Rio Bluesteel last season. 3 in 4 shoot and killing more birds than I ever had. I buy 2 boxes for less than the price of one now.

Damn I just got some black cloud today size 3 shot. Could you maybe do some videos of whatever ammo you chose the pattern difference in the different shot size may be 2, 3 and 4? I'm just curious how that's going to effect pattern density.

Try federal blue box dirt cheap but I've had thee best results with them

This is great info and videos. My dad has an a 5 the same one u have but wood. Kent patterns the best I love their sells. Would u consider patterning a full choke like pattern master, etc? I think they pattern better at 40 yards for sure. I have a Browning silver and bps and they use the invector plus system which I believe is better than the ds chokes.

You should put the empty shell on the target you shot.

Ive herd different things on the hypersonic ruining barrels when you shoot to many of them because of the velocity factor not sure if it's true or not but something to think about.

I used to use the Hypersonic steel and it broke my guns link assembly cause it’s so hard on your gun wouldn’t recommend it to use on a gun you love

Just remember the bird is moving so more or less bbs could be hitting

In the next video I would like to see tested “Dakota duck and goose” which is made by fiochi “hevi shot snow” which is significantly cheaper than hevi shot and “estate” simply because they are the very absolute cheapest shells I’ve seen

Black cloud does not shoot good at all with regular choked that come with the gun. I just picked up a choke specifically for black cloud and so far it’s pretty good

quel choke avez vous sur votre fusil ? parce que la federal a 40m ... useless

Pattern rio royal blue

If you think you pulled the shot off a rest at 20yds. (highly doubtful), why wouldn't you shoot it again, to be fair? Your paper is so small, you can't see where all the hundred+ other BB's went. I say that ammo shoots left out of your gun/choke and to me, the 40yd. target proves the point. If you were using a larger target, pretty sure you would see the majority of your pattern left of center. Also, in regards to Speed....normally faster speed, increases the spread due to wind resistance. Slower rounds usually shoot tighter (all other things being equal) wads, powder, etc all play a part. That is why a lot of target rounds are only doing @ 1,200fps, by the majority of manufacturers. That is one of the most consistent speeds for good patterns. The higher speeds came about with steel, to get better penetration at distances that were too far for steel to penetrate at normal lead load velocities due to it's mass. A lot of people think the faster the better, so it has been used as a marketing thing. It requires special powders and wads, but still spreads out quicker.

Would you be able to do those three brands with a full choke in

Disclaimer! Remington Hypersonics void some firearm warranties, because they break guns plain and simple.

So I took my beretta a400 with 6 boxes of the best shells money could by and 3 boxes of trash shells the fiochi 3 out performed anything by far

I really need to pattern my shotgun

no one has any business shooting at ducks or geese at 40 yards without a full choke. you will wound more than you kill. even if the pellet gets there, it likely wont penetrate enough to do much damage other than a wound. 30 yards is about the max effective range on a modified choke.