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Federal Black Cloud Shells
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:39 pm
by Seem too Xtrema2 you?
Just curious what people have heard about these. The shot is pretty bizarre looking to say the least
Just wondering if they will be as good, better, or worse than normal steel loads.
Here is a link so you can see the shot inside
http://www.gunsandammomag.com/ammunition/bcloud_031407/
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:54 am
by Greenhead22
Do not waste your money. Do a search for Black Cloud on here, and you'll find out what you need to know.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:03 am
by GulfCoast
It is not any great improvment over dumb old steel loads, for sure.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:28 am
by duramax
I'm sure that they are a little better. But they will probably be $15 for 10 shells or something rediculous. If they are only a couple bucks more than normal shells and you get 25 of them, then I will try them.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:33 am
by Greenhead22
$165/case, 25 shells/box
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:43 am
by duramax
Well that's not terrible. I'll stick with the Winchester Experts case for $99 bucks and I might try a box or two of the black cloud.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:45 am
by Greenhead22
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:09 am
by duramax
Gah! Even at Mack's?
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:41 am
by Greenhead22
Roger's has them for $130 a case, but after S&H they're $150.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:45 am
by sunnylab
I'll pay $14 more per box to NOT get shells at Wally World
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:17 am
by GulfCoast
I am now glad I have been stockpiling for the last 3 years!
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:12 pm
by Drakeshead
Gulf Coast, educate me. If I have three boxes of shells in front of me and all of the numbers are the same, #2, 3 1/2", 1 3/8 ounce, 1500 feet per second, but the first box is Hevi Shot, the second is Hevi Steel and the third is Winchester steel. If the numbers are the same, then what is the deciding factor? I know there is some physics involved so help me out.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:48 pm
by Greenhead22
Drakeshead wrote:Gulf Coast, educate me. If I have three boxes of shells in front of me and all of the numbers are the same, #2, 3 1/2", 1 3/8 ounce, 1500 feet per second, but the first box is Hevi Shot, the second is Hevi Steel and the third is Winchester steel. If the numbers are the same, then what is the deciding factor? I know there is some physics involved so help me out.
It's all about density.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:55 pm
by GulfCoast
Drakeshead wrote:Gulf Coast, educate me. If I have three boxes of shells in front of me and all of the numbers are the same, #2, 3 1/2", 1 3/8 ounce, 1500 feet per second, but the first box is Hevi Shot, the second is Hevi Steel and the third is Winchester steel. If the numbers are the same, then what is the deciding factor? I know there is some physics involved so help me out.
Density, not strictly weight or size: This is not exactly fair, since the sizes are different, but think of it like this: Hevi Shot=bowling balls; Hevi Steel=Golf balls; Steel Shot=soft balls like at Girls Dixie Youth. You can throw a softball hard enough, or hit it with a bat, hard enough to kill someone dead as a hammer. But now think what a golf ball going that speed would do to you if it hit you. THEN think about what a bowling ball or shot put going that same speed as a soft ball would do to ya.....
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:56 pm
by Greenhead22
It would leave a 2 foot hole in ya.
