kent fasteel 2.0

[nickyan04]

just purchased some Kent fasteel 2.0 is it any good?

[mazzgolf]

Interesting you post this  This past summer, me and a couple others bought several different types of steelshot to pattern our SGs with. One of them was Kent FastSteel. It was one of the ones that patterned nicely and I put it on my "buy" list.

Then, I come to find out, they stopped making FastSteel and replaced it with the 2.0 !! (at least, I think so... I haven't seen the original FastSteel being sold - its all the 2.0 ones now that I can see).

But, since the original FastSteel patterned good for me, I decided to buy some of the 2.0 stuff and see how it worked. I have boxes of #2, #4, and #BB and last week I went out with the #2 and was very happy with it... shot some fast moving buffies with it that surprised even me when they went down  

So, take that for what its worth. Not alot of experience with it, but that one hunting trip, I was happy with the 2.0s. I'm going out tomorrow and I'm gonna try with the #4s.

[mazzgolf]

Here's some of my patterning results of the original FastSteel 3" #2 at 40 yards - one with the modified choke (Carlson Cremator - MR), one with the full choke (Carlson Cremator - LR) - Beretta A300 12ga.

 

 

[Tbryant]

Used to shoot Kent religiously. Patterned well out of our guns but made the switch to Federal Speed Shok. Can buy a case for $110 at Rogers and I like them way more than the Kents. You'll have good success with the Kents 

[mazzgolf]

11 minutes ago, Tbryant said:

but made the switch to Federal Speed Shok.

That was also one we patterned with and they patterned good, too. The reason I didn't use them is because I could never find the 3" in anything higher than 1-1/8 oz loads (at least BassPro.com and Cabelas.com doesn't carry them, my local shop also doesn't have them last I asked which was about a year ago). I'm not a good enough shot to spot the birds an 1/8 oz  

Here's my patterning of 40 yards, full choke, #BB - one Fasteel (1-1/4 oz) and one SpeedShok (1-1/8 oz) - you can see the diff... (I count at least 10 additional holes with the Fasteel - its about 15% more holes with the FastSteel).

Federal SpeedShok website shows they do make these in 1-1/4 oz... dunno why I can't ever find them.

 

[Merkel]

It patterns well in my SGs - I use 3” BB for Goose hunting. Cheaper than what I used to use - black cloud 

[MGHunter66]

Kent rules  

[Bad64chevelle]

I haven’t tried the 2.0 yet . I used the original , #2 for duck last year and it was great . Patterned great , no issue . I went over to 3-1/2” bb for goose and my gun and my buddies gun hated it . Failures to eject were common . I’d switch to other 3-1/2 bb and non issue . It’s sucked because it patterned great out of my gun and it would hammer birds very well , but our guns just didn’t like ejecting them . 

[Tbryant]

46 minutes ago, mazzgolf said:

That was also one we patterned with and they patterned good, too. The reason I didn't use them is because I could never find the 3" in anything higher than 1-1/8 oz loads (at least BassPro.com and Cabelas.com doesn't carry them, my local shop also doesn't have them last I asked which was about a year ago). I'm not a good enough shot to spot the birds an 1/8 oz  

Here's my patterning of 40 yards, full choke, #BB - one Fasteel (1-1/4 oz) and one SpeedShok (1-1/8 oz) - you can see the diff... (I count at least 10 additional holes with the Fasteel - its about 15% more holes with the FastSteel).

Federal SpeedShok website shows they do make these in 1-1/4 oz... dunno why I can't ever find them.

 

https://www.rogerssportinggoods.com/federal-premium-new-speed-shok-12-gauge-3-1-1-4oz-1450fps

If you're in the market still, Rogers has them in stock. #1 are what we use. Absolute nasty load  

[Buckeyes11]

Not a dedicated waterfowler by any means but 870 doesn’t cycle the Kent at all. Nothing but jams. Only time I’ve had an issue 

[Mallard1100]

I’ve always been partial to Kent’s. Just ordered some of the new 2.0 stuff and I will test it out this month 

[rem870hunter1]

On 1/10/2020 at 3:20 PM, mazzgolf said:

That was also one we patterned with and they patterned good, too. The reason I didn't use them is because I could never find the 3" in anything higher than 1-1/8 oz loads (at least BassPro.com and Cabelas.com doesn't carry them, my local shop also doesn't have them last I asked which was about a year ago). I'm not a good enough shot to spot the birds an 1/8 oz  

Here's my patterning of 40 yards, full choke, #BB - one Fasteel (1-1/4 oz) and one SpeedShok (1-1/8 oz) - you can see the diff... (I count at least 10 additional holes with the Fasteel - its about 15% more holes with the FastSteel).

Federal SpeedShok website shows they do make these in 1-1/4 oz... dunno why I can't ever find them.

 

How big are those circles?

[mazzgolf]

1 hour ago, rem870hunter1 said:

How big are those circles?

I outlines a lid to some bucket I had - I think they were about 12".. IIRC the paper was 30" wide - something like that

[rem870hunter1]

On 1/10/2020 at 4:13 PM, Buckeyes11 said:

Not a dedicated waterfowler by any means but 870 doesn’t cycle the Kent at all. Nothing but jams. Only time I’ve had an issue 

Interesting,i shot like 20 from mine and atleast 15 from my sons at paper no issues however yesterday morning the 3rd shot i fired at geese my action was stuck for a min. It was exposed to the elements since 6:10am,we shot at like 9:15-9:30am.

[rem870hunter1]

2 hours ago, mazzgolf said:

I outlines a lid to some bucket I had - I think they were about 12".. IIRC the paper was 30" wide - something like that

Nice,good number of pellets there