[rhinonewshooter]

I have been shooting skeet, trap, five stand and a bit of sporting clays since I picked up my Beretta 390 this summer. Very much fun.

I've been learning with a buddy, and we are thinking of going to a nearby pheasant/chukar "reserve" and go for a shoot. I'm a bit confused about which shells to use.

I'm not reloading, and have been mostly shooting Rem Gun club 8s and 9s with a few boxes of Federal's target loads as well.

From what I've read so far, it seems that I should be using #6 for the pheasants. The question is - is it worth the money to go from the Remmington Game loads, which sell for around $6/box to a high brass shell, which will put me in the $15 or so/box range?

These will be pen raised birds, but the house is away from most people and they have room to fly indoors. I'm told that I should expect to get them in the air, and not on the ground, particulalry if it is cold out.

So, what would you use - and since I can't reload, we have to stay commercial here.

Thanks