Willie Lowman
New member
I picked up a case of this stuff recently simply because it was less than a dollar a shell.
I put 50 shells through my new Benelli M1014. Went home to clean it and had never in my life see such fowling in the barrel. Thick black crud. I ran wet patches and it barely touched it. Patches came out black with silver flecks on them. I'm guessing lead fowling. After a full hour of regular cleaning methods there was still a bunch of crud in the end of the barrel by the choke. I resorted to extreme measures... I coated the inside of the barrel with solvent then I chucked the brush rod into my drill and ran it at high speed for about 5 minutes. Flakes of crud came out of the muzzle. The drops of solvent that ran out had a silver hue to them. Finally I ran a couple wet patches (that came out black) and the spots were no longer visible in the barrel.
I have never fired such a dirty round through any shotgun. I have never had to use a drill to break up chunks from the inside of in my bore.
On top of being by far the dirtiest shells I have ever fired they patterned like crap.
I would not recommend to anyone Spartan brand buckshot.
I put 50 shells through my new Benelli M1014. Went home to clean it and had never in my life see such fowling in the barrel. Thick black crud. I ran wet patches and it barely touched it. Patches came out black with silver flecks on them. I'm guessing lead fowling. After a full hour of regular cleaning methods there was still a bunch of crud in the end of the barrel by the choke. I resorted to extreme measures... I coated the inside of the barrel with solvent then I chucked the brush rod into my drill and ran it at high speed for about 5 minutes. Flakes of crud came out of the muzzle. The drops of solvent that ran out had a silver hue to them. Finally I ran a couple wet patches (that came out black) and the spots were no longer visible in the barrel.
I have never fired such a dirty round through any shotgun. I have never had to use a drill to break up chunks from the inside of in my bore.
On top of being by far the dirtiest shells I have ever fired they patterned like crap.
I would not recommend to anyone Spartan brand buckshot.