Geoff Garrod shoots VIP Steel Pro Eco Wad cartridges for the first time
Geoff Garrod, Eley Hawk Brand Ambassador, is left impressed with the new VIP Steel Pro Eco Wad following a day on the wood pigeons for the very first time, as documented in the episode on Shooting Show TV.
In the video he examines them straight away and starts his own science experiment by extracting two wads from cartridges, popping them into sealed tubs, covers them in water and leaves them in the field in the sun to start to breakdown.
Immediately he builds his hide, lays out his pattern and gets to work on the pigeons. As the numbers in the bag build, the shots he is prepared to take get further and further away. With some phenomenal shots – one shot even taking out two pigeons – he grows further confidence and shoots at the distances he normally associates with lead.
The Pro Eco Wad which is a fully cupped wad does a magnificent job of providing a dense pattern out at range. And after Geoff has finished he inspects the wads which have degraded rapidly in just five hours. He retrieves the shot wads to inspect them and is genuinely impressed by the wad integrity after being fired, proving that the wads are protecting his barrel well and building a large bag of pigeons to boot.
