Hi Garten,
I just bought a case of the HeviShot Classic Doubles and used the $50 rebate myself.
A couple of things:
1. The Classic Doubles line is very soft and is safer for the bores of old guns than any of the other hevi shot products.
2. The line is selling poorly and in fact, Cabelas is clearing them all out. I bought 10 boxes for $25.88 each and then got the $50 rebate. Buying a few boxes and sending rebates for friends at $10 a piece is even a better way to go. Head to Cabelas and stock up while you can!
3. The pressure "safety" of these shells is dubious. I have in writing from Hevi Shot that the pressures of the shells are between 7500-8500 psi each. That is the difference between under proof and over proof tolerances for an English gun proofed to 850 bar / 3 tons. Buyer beware that they aren't quite as nice as you might hope.
4. They have pathetic stopping power. Every review compares them unjustly to 3" magnum steel it seems, so they aren't completely comparing apples to apples. I'll tell you that they don't hit like lead and you really need to hit ducks squarely to get a knock down. I'd suggest the #4 for duck and the #5 for pheasant and partridge.
Those are pretty much the facts for light loads these days.
