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Which one is better Nitro or Heavy Shot #13 ammo?

I want to use a Heavy shot load in stright #7's. Will the Heavy Shot #13's shoot just as good as the Nitros?
 
I have never shot the nitro shells, but the hevi 13 is great. You will be amazed. Go to oldgobbler.com shooting forum those guys are the bsks of shot gun patterns.
 
I have no experience with straight #7s. I do shoot 3.5" Nitro 4X5X7 and 3.5" Hevi Magnum-Blend 5X6X7 both. They both should great in my Rem 870 SP (23" barrel) with an Indian Creek .665 choke. While the Nitros pattern a little better (more dense) and have a few more pellets in the target (<5% more), they kick a h*ll of a LOT more! I love both shells, but I prefer the recoil from the Magnum-Blends over the Nitros. I could not tell a difference on the turkeys I killed last year. My experience is the turkeys do not flop with either - dead as a doornail.
 
I've shot the nitro H517T in 4x5x7 (2 7/8 oz) the last two years, but since then Heavy shot has came out with a 3.5" 2 1/4 oz. load in 4x5x7 and a straight #7 load also. Nitro will custom make the H517T in straight #7 but they will cost about $175 a box. I can get 25 of the heavy #13 for about $130.
 
The Hevi-13 is the better value. I never have shot nitros, and I don't plan on it. I can get about as good of patterns out of my guns with the Hevi-13 #7's vs the patterns that others are getting with Nitros with the same size load. And I can buy them without having to wait for weeks at a time.
 
2oz load of Hevi-13 #7's. One on the left has 316 shot. The one on the right has 295 shot.

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Both those above were shot at a taped 40yds. So was this one. There is 86% of pattern inside the 20" circle. That is a 2oz load of Hevi-13 #7's.

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And then there is the 835 with the Star Dot .676 choke at 40yds. I paid $20 for this choke. This is a 10" circle with 349 shot using Hevi-13 2 and 1/4oz #7's. Now Nitros may be able to beat this with the same size load, but for the money you pay for them can you justify the slight difference if any?

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One more example with the .669 Indian Creek choke and the 2oz load of Hevi-13 #7's at a taped 40yds. Just another very good turkey killing pattern for both 10" and 20" numbers. How much more does a guy need?

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Thanks. Nitros make some great loads. But at some point you got to ask yourself does the cost justify the mean from what you save in buying Hevi-13 loads and shooting them through a great shooting choke like Indian Creek.
 

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