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Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 120

My local Cabelas, Prairie DuChien WI., Had some Herter's 16's on sale for $59.95. 8's & 6's. Been shooting some of these at clays & they seem to break targets just fine if sent to the right address.

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1 oz'ers??

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Joined: 10 Dec 2008 Posts: 102 Location: Nebraska

I just got a case of these in #8 shot and shot a few today at rocks off of my Trius One Step. Boy, I liked them a lot. Shot them along side of Remington's Game load, also #8. Both broke rocks fine. The part we called "brass" that isn't anymore seemed a bit softer on the Herter's. It conformed to the shape of the bolt face a bit more than Remington's did but they shucked right through my old 870 just fine.
I'd like to talk to someone who had shot the 12 gauge Pheasant loads and see how they were liked.

Rex

Joined: 19 Apr 2008 Posts: 477

The Herter's shells are made in Italy by Cheddite. They are available on their website in 16 ga, 1 oz, #8 shot for $59.95 a flat. Most reports on them are fine. You have to dig through the site a little to find them, but they are there.
I ordered a flat of the #5, 1 1/4 oz 12 ga Pheasant loads. I trust Cheddite based on my experience using their componants. At $6.50 a box after tax and free shipping I figure its worth a shot.

Joined: 10 Dec 2008 Posts: 102 Location: Nebraska

sneem,
I just ordered a case of the same shell, hope they are as good as the 16s.

Joined: 10 Dec 2008 Posts: 102 Location: Nebraska

A little up-date. As I have shot more of the low brass 1 oz loads,
KEEP THAT CHAMBER CLEAN, CLEAN, CLEAN!!!
Didn't take long before the old 1954 Remington 870 had trouble pulling the fired case out.
Haven't got to try the 12 gauge high brass .

I looked and looked on the Chedite Italy website and found no sales information. what am I missing?

You need to look on the Cabela's website. They are Herter's shells.

They just happen to be made with Cheddite hulls.

Try this link:

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shooting/Ammunition/Shotgun-Ammunition|/pc/104792580/c/104691780/sc/104567580/Herters-Select-Field-Dove-and-Quail-Shotshells/1601971.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fshotgun-ammunition%2F_%2FN-1100191%2B4294751414%2FNe-4294751414%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104567580%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMMcat104792580%253Bcat104691780%26WTz_st%3DGuidedNav%26WTz_stype%3DGNU&WTz_l=SBC%3BMMcat104792580%3Bcat104691780%3Bcat104567580

Hope this helps.

Lon

Joined: 05 Aug 2008 Posts: 7 Location: LaGrange, KY

That looks like a good deal!

The 6's are in a low brass 10mm hull too, which is nice for guns with tight chambers. You can barely reload them for $59.99/flat, not to mention your time. Oddly, I can't find them in 12ga at my local Cabela's, but there are plenty of flats of 20ga and a few flats of 16's also. I may still reload my hunting shells to gain a bit of speed, but then again, I'm sure these would work just fine.

Joined: 22 Jun 2013 Posts: 15

Based upon another thread here I ordered a case of these last month. I've placed another order this morning.

I've used these shells for trap and only have two boxes left of the original case. These shells work just fine for me. I'm not a trap shooter but still shot 24 of 25 last night with my old Marlin mod 90.

On the down side (if you can call it that), even at $59 with shipping and taxes a case is $75. That's $7.50 a box. On the up side I can't find anything like them locally.

I'll be hunting doves with them this next Labor Day. Will see how they do in the field then.

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