Those of you that have shot the Federal Heavyweight #7's can you tell me what you think good or bad about these results.
From what I've read it seems most often these shells work better with a non ported choke tube but I didn't have one. What I had was a Truglo TG150X .643 and a Truglo TG150 .665 using a Remington 11-87. I had only one 5 count box of 3 ½" Federal Heavyweight #7 to test and these are the results.
40 Yards 10" 20" Total
1187 Truglo TG150X .643 Federal Heavyweight #7 208 166 374
1187 Truglo TG150X .643 Federal Heavyweight #7 201 167 368
1187 Truglo TG150X .643 Federal Heavyweight #7 177 166 343
3 round average 195 166 362
1187 Truglo TG150 .665 Federal Heavyweight #7 177 182 354
1187 Truglo TG150 .665 Federal Heavyweight #7 153 180 333
2 round average 165 181 343
Just looking at the numbers, sounds awesome. That shell will hit like a ton of bricks.
Quote from: kwild835 on March 07, 2014, 07:09:05 PM
Just looking at the numbers, sounds awesome. That shell will hit like a ton of bricks.
I agree. Would love to see the patterns, but based on your post, that dog will hunt, and you have the hardest hitting production shell on the market today! :icon_thumright:
Quote from: chatterbox on March 07, 2014, 07:11:06 PM
Quote from: kwild835 on March 07, 2014, 07:09:05 PM
Just looking at the numbers, sounds awesome. That shell will hit like a ton of bricks.
I agree. Would love to see the patterns, but based on your post, that dog will hunt, and you have the hardest hitting production shell on the market today! :icon_thumright:
:agreed: Hard to beat the knockdown power of those shells.....
A 195 avg at 40 yards with those 7's is gonna hit a toms head like a freight train.
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OK here are the photos
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Quote from: strutzone on March 07, 2014, 07:31:41 PM
OK here are the photos
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f53/pumpgear/IMG_2337_zps4bcd961e.jpg) (http://s45.photobucket.com/user/pumpgear/media/IMG_2337_zps4bcd961e.jpg.html)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f53/pumpgear/IMG_2338_zpscfc48ea2.jpg) (http://s45.photobucket.com/user/pumpgear/media/IMG_2338_zpscfc48ea2.jpg.html)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f53/pumpgear/IMG_2339_zps29a0ae23.jpg) (http://s45.photobucket.com/user/pumpgear/media/IMG_2339_zps29a0ae23.jpg.html)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f53/pumpgear/IMG_2340_zps1bc466f6.jpg) (http://s45.photobucket.com/user/pumpgear/media/IMG_2340_zps1bc466f6.jpg.html)
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f53/pumpgear/IMG_2341_zpse3b81d9c.jpg) (http://s45.photobucket.com/user/pumpgear/media/IMG_2341_zpse3b81d9c.jpg.html)
Your search is over! Great job!
If I could have got them to do that good I would have never started hand loading. Congrats.
I said it before on it and I'll say it again. Anytime you put 200 shot in a 10" especially if that 200 shot is with 15g/c/c shot you are gonn wreak havoc on any gobbler that walks at 40yds and then some.
That's SUPER!!! I'm shooting the 870 SM with a Trulock .650 choke and getting in the 150's in a 10 inch circle......and knocking the snot out of those gobblers!
Best results I have seen with that shell. Don't change a thing.
That looks great, looks like you have a winner.
Tom
Looks like you got a great combo. I have been shooting the Fed HWT's for years. Never had a real good pattern ( 120-130 in the 10 @ 40). Two years ago I tried a Trulock choke that was made for the FedH wt #7. I now get 180 ish with my 3" guns and 210 ish with my 3.5 guns. Love that stuff. Last time I counted I had 3 of the ten shell 3" boxes and 9 of the 5 shell boxes. And 11 boxes of the 3.5 stuff. I know it knocks the fire out of the gobblers..
great looking opatterns
Great patterns, and these shells kill gobblers better than any thing I have seen ,instant death.
Great patterns...more than a enough to get it done...
Not trying to take anything away from these shells or your combo....but I thought the 3.5" would put up bigger numbers?? Maybe I am use to the 2.25oz Hevi 7's which can and will put up 300+.
My 20ga 1.5oz #7 FHW will put up 180-200 with ssx choke at 40. Seems like the 3.5's would easily do 225-250? Maybe I am dreaming. Nonetheless, I would hunt with that.