Best part of the story to me was it took you back. At the tail end of when I could use lead on ducks, a hunt I looked forward to was early Teal season. I'd carry an ounce of 7 1/2's for quail, because the pup and I would swing by ponds and jump Greenwings with the same load. No hesitation. Out in the field, it clunked the small ducks, fairly close, at least as well as the early #2 steel I had to use on later season bigger duck over dekes in nontox areas.