barrold Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Evening all Just got off the phone with my old man and he reckons gamebore aren't making hevi shot anymore. Anyone know anything about this? Seems strange to me as i thought it was a popular cartridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrold Posted August 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Pardon me, i meant express not gamebore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamch Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 not heard anything nad they are still listed on the website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawntredder Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 wouldn't pay what they ask for them..hell ov a shell but a can do just as good with mammoths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrold Posted August 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 My thoughts exactly, i can't really justify the cost of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Hevi-shot shells are expensive , but very hard hitting cartridge. For most of us they are too costly for a everyday cartridge , but for days when you know when the birds are going to be on the edge of range no other shell can give you the performance Hevi-shot can. My main problem with then is that they cut down the load a few years ago and when after geese the patern is a little too thin with the new 34 gr load in no 3. You still get clean kills with them, but sometimes unexplaned misses too. The old style 36 gr load with its odd shaped pellets was a very different load was much better than the later shells, I have had some amazing shots with them. Provided you keep within range the larger loads ether gave you clean kills or clean misses. Several times I have had 50 yard shots with 3.5 inch steel at geese only for hevi-shot in no 4 kill the goose as its almost out of range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Sheen Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 The shells are also extremely useful for people who only have a 3" chamber and still want to shoot geese as you get the extra punch that would otherwise require 3.5" of steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Yeah I got the same story from my local shop, he tried to order more hevi for the coming season and they are not even in the catalogue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 They were good shells but far too pricey for a regular wildfowler. I could be way off but why can't other cartridge companies make hevi shot but under a different name? Don't these things normally get patented and when that runs out, other folk can sell it? And it would then be cheaper.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 It is the raw material that is expensive, Tungsten, blame the Chinese for that, not the cartridge manufacturers!!! I am sure Express, Gamebore etc would love the price to come down, after all they will have invested heavily in product development only to find that now the cost of raw material has got so high that it stops folk buying the finished (excellent) products. You cannot make a profit if you cannot sell them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Ah I see. ITM and itx also seems to be pricey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Ah I see. ITM and itx also seems to be pricey! yep, all tungsten based Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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