Appears federal has a new 3" 20 gauge turkey load .
1 7/16 oz. 1100 fps.
5's in copper plated lead , 6's in flight stopper and 7's in heavy weight.
40 percent of the load is 7's in the HEAVY weight.
Flight stopper wad.
I never believed in the marketimg of that load. My buddy patterned it today n I am impressed. Was the 12 ga though
Imho they should have left out the #5 lead in a 20 load!
I'll stay with the straight HW 7's myself!!!
Quote from: Devastator on January 17, 2016, 07:42:21 PM
I'll stay with the straight HW 7's myself!!!
I love the straight 7s also but I also loved the difference in the size of my 10 and 20 yard patterns with 3rd Degree last year.
I'll definitely be trying the 20 gauge version as soon as I can find some.
I might grab a box when they become available just to see how they do in my 20 GA's. Should be interesting to see how they do in chokes designed for the HW #7s. Here's an article I saw last week, http://www.shootingtimes.com/first-look/first-look-federals-20-gauge-3rd-degree-turkey-load/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-look-federals-20-gauge-3rd-degree-turkey-load. It doesn't look too promising though,76 in the 10" @40yds. I can do that with lead. :popcorn:
Are they less expensive than straight 7's in heavyweight
Straight 7's for me
I am interested in these and may pick up a box or two for testing. According to the shooting times article I'll have to dig out my non-ported Undertaker choke (wish they had a pic or two of the actual patterns). The article didn't bother to state what gun/choke combo was used by the Fed engineers for testing. The pics look like a mossy SA-20, I wonder if that was the test rig? Looks like msrp is going to be $21.99 a box for these which equals $4.40 a shot. Lead performance at HW pricing?
They look like a waste of time to me