What shells your shooting this year?

[Hartman]

Excaliburs, Brothers Quest and Pyrojunkie 60 gram canisters for me.

[pistolus]

I got a box of Excals... first time ever shooting them.

[Big Worm]

Super Novas from so76

[Jay_]

Supernovas, Kingslayers, All up W/graceful mine, and Dragon’s so far. Still have a few holes to fill, so will either do some more ball shells or some Black cat Diablo’s.

[Kenny East]

My memorial day show, had supernova by bright star, nunchucks, pyrohero, out class, wind mill double/triple, best from the past, mass destruction, echo in the ear, and a super magnum kit... Had a mix of left over me

[MtnViewPyro]

I have some hellcat cans from 76, excals by world class, demon shells by Pyro Demon, jawbreakers by Pyro Nation, salute to the flag by Pyro Demon, and one more I can’t name. I’m using shells as filler this year, like when a red, white, blue cake is going off I will throw random RWB shells up. That’s the plan anyways.

[Deanbc]

SO76 Supernovas and Kingslayers!

[Pyro Paul]

supernova cans and hellcats from SO76, screaming hawks, night monster and lord of darkness by top gun and brothers ball shells

[Robbro097]

Continuum, comander in chief, grim reaper

[CMiller]

Hellcats, Quest, Excal's, Light Sabres, Super Nova cans and Sky Chief ball shells. plus 3 cases of 1" cans.

[jsifue2]

Most likely a mix of Max'd Out and Excal shells.

[NWA_Fireworks]

Most likely a mix of Max'd Out and Excal shells.

For what it’s worth, Max’d Out and Excals are the same shell from the same manufacturer, so if those are your favorites, go with whichever one you find cheaper.

At my tent, I’ll be carrying 14 varieties of 60g shells, 9 varieties of ball shells, and 5 varieties of big artillery assortments :)

[Hartman]

Supernovas, Kingslayers, All up W/graceful mine, and Dragon’s so far. Still have a few holes to fill, so will either do some more ball shells or some Black cat Diablo’s.

I saw some Black Cat Diablos where I shop and my guy had them priced at like $80 for a box of 24. I passed. Way to expensive.

[Jay_]

I saw some Black Cat Diablos where I shop and my guy had them priced at like $80 for a box of 24. I passed. Way to expensive.

I get them retail at a local fireworks stand for $60 per 24. When I make my annual trip to Joplin, and around to the other places I see them all the way up to $84. I pass on those too.

I have shot the Diablos for the last 4 or 5 years and I do really like them. Big Bang out of the tube complimented by big loud breaks. No way they are worth $80 for 24 though.

[Hartman]

I get them retail at a local fireworks stand for $60 per 24. When I make my annual trip to Joplin, and around to the other places I see them all the way up to $84. I pass on those too.

I have shot the Diablos for the last 4 or 5 years and I do really like them. Big Bang out of the tube complimented by big loud breaks. No way they are worth $80 for 24 though.

Yeah, I paid $55 per box for the Excals, Quest and Pyrojunkie shells. I would have gone $60 for the Black Cats but no more than that. I'm going back to buy some more cakes this weekend, I will barter with him and offer $60, see what he says.

[upNdown]

Mostly Pro Shells, with a box of Chaos, and ball shells - MIA mines, and Absolute Power shells with tails, and a bunch of Shooting Star comets,

[Berserker23]

I’m shooting 8 boxes of excaliburs and a I paid $40 a box which is a great deal

[ChuckL]

3 Excals, 2 Double Deuces and 2 Silver Salute Shows for shells.

[jknepp1954]

Excaliburs, Brothers Quest and Pyrojunkie 60 gram canisters for me.
Pyro Junkie shells RULE this year. And by first of next weeks - we will have 3 varieties of them!

[Hartman]

Pyro Junkie shells RULE this year. And by first of next weeks - we will have 3 varieties of them!

I used some Pyrojunkie cakes last year on my guys recommendation, and they were really good. So when I went to get some stuff a few weeks ago, I grabbed 2 boxes of there 60 gram Canisters.

[joed2323]

Some of you guys that are shooting numerous different varieties of shells, do you guys really notice that much of a difference? Or do you guys like to shoot a bunch of different brands? I normally just go after what I find the cheapest and those are the shells I shoot that year...

I normally like to shoot supernova shells since you can get willows, crackle, and or glitter shells by the case. I normally don't showcase shells I puke them.

This year though I found the quest shells cheaper then excals. This is the first year I found something cheaper then excals, so I'm shooting quest shells this year.

[Robbro097]

I usually just get the cheapest as well iv shot bunches of the big brands n see very little difference certainly not enough to justify excal prices but I had a bigger budget this year so thought I'd get a few of the cheapper brands then just the cheapest

[Hartman]

For the past decade I just went with Excaliburs, however my guy In West Virginia didn't have any in stock yet so I decided to give Brothers and Pyrojunkie a shot at the title. I know Brothers makes a decent product overall (Smoke and Mirrors comes to mind) and in my tests Pyrojunkie is also very good.

[upNdown]

This guy shoots 28 different cans. There's barely a difference in any of them, as far as I can tell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUjc7_ozs_c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUjc7_ozs_c

[RalphieJ]

Thanks for that video. I think it dispels many a myth.

[Rick_In_Tampa]

I'm shooting Supernova and Smoke N Mirrors cans this year as my finale. Like some folks here, I don't shoot them for their individual effects. I shoot them as sky puke for the finale.

[montanapyro25]

Im gonna have THUNDERATION, PYRO PREDATOR 4'', ZR, and maybe some SNIPER.
any body tried KONG SHELLS ?

[NWA_Fireworks]

Im gonna have THUNDERATION, PYRO PREDATOR 4'', ZR, and maybe some SNIPER.
any body tried KONG SHELLS ?

The Kong’s are new for 2018. I saw them at the demo, and they were very nice. Excellent punch/thump and effect size. Reminded me of the Zeus shell from the same distributor, which they are no longer making. I liked them well enough to carry the 12 pack in my tent this year.

[PyroManiacs]

Ill be shooting whatever 60 gram cans are the cheapest per shell wholesale. They're basically all the same...why spend more because of a different "brand" label?

[joed2323]

What are some of you guys using for prefire times on canister shells?

[Gibby99hound]

Continuum ,commander in chief,fixin to fire,diablo

[HenryBoy]

Big Brutus, Thunder and Lightning, and White Knights

[pitts]

Pro Shells and Exterminators

[montanapyro25]

how is thunder and lightning ??

[jsifue2]

Is there such thing as a kit strictly of crackling 60g canisters? I have seen crackling ball shell kits, however never 60g canisters.

[Pyro Paul]

Is there such thing as a kit strictly of crackling 60g canisters? I have seen crackling ball shell kits, however never 60g canisters.

https://www.76fireworks.com/RL230_Supernova_Cans__Crackling

[Jay_]

^^^^those are the ones I have too. Gonna match all 48 of them and send them up at once. Gonna compliment those with 2 dominator instant crackle cakes to put the punctuation mark on the finale.

[jayf]

Quest and Hellcats mainly. Plus some Excals from last year.

[joewad]

Class C this year its Mean Monkey's Zeus King Of Gods from Wayne's World and Xtreme Artillery Super Magnums from Lynch Imports. Been a RGS Black Widow fan for a few years and decided to change things up.

[HenryBoy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgfvujpWe-o I try to do something similar each year. This year, we only shot 18 of our 40+ shells. What I have noticed after 4 years of doing this is that the difference between shells is more noticeable from a distance. We also use a decibel meter which ads the component of sound.

[HenryBoy]

This guy shoots 28 different cans. There's barely a difference in any of them, as far as I can tell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUjc7_ozs_c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUjc7_ozs_c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgfvujpWe-o I try to do something similar each year. This year, we only shot 18 of our 40+ shells. What I have noticed after 4 years of doing this is that the difference between shells is more noticeable from a distance. We also use a decibel meter which ads the component of sound.

[PyroDre]

found some megabangers exterminators cheap.. i'ma use them for sky puke finale

[PyroDre]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgfvujpWe-o I try to do something similar each year. This year, we only shot 18 of our 40+ shells. What I have noticed after 4 years of doing this is that the difference between shells is more noticeable from a distance. We also use a decibel meter which ads the component of sound.
agree 100%... you have to get some distance for your comparison or it's is useless

[morrison2951]

Brothers Everest are really good this year- big hitters and super height.