Federal Grand Slam

[Bowguy]

Yesterday was the first I'd ever seen one shoot. A fellow who's daughter is in for youth day at the refuge wanted to pattern the kids gun. We didn't shoot extensively. Normally I'd recommend federal mag shok among a few others. Being they're discontinued and money was an issue for dad we shot Remington Premier turkey (not the nitro) and federal grand slams. The kid is 11 so we opted to start w just regular full choke instead of a turkey construction.
We started close but made it back to 37 yards. This was in a 20. Both loads were very acceptable. The federal being the winner though. It shot a evenly distributed pattern w no holes and pretty circular. We could have easily gone back more and still had an effective pattern w that full choke.
If you're looking for a solid lead load there's no guarantee since it's only one gun but this may be one of your options. I know I'd not be afraid to try it on a pattern board

[Ozark]

I think I might pick some of these up to try in a fixed full NEF single 12.
Thanks for the info.
Ozark

[DBell]

Yesterday was the first I'd ever seen one shoot. A fellow who's daughter is in for youth day at the refuge wanted to pattern the kids gun. We didn't shoot extensively. Normally I'd recommend federal mag shok among a few others. Being they're discontinued and money was an issue for dad we shot Remington Premier turkey (not the nitro) and federal grand slams. The kid is 11 so we opted to start w just regular full choke instead of a turkey construction.
We started close but made it back to 37 yards. This was in a 20. Both loads were very acceptable. The federal being the winner though. It shot a evenly distributed pattern w no holes and pretty circular. We could have easily gone back more and still had an effective pattern w that full choke.
If you're looking for a solid lead load there's no guarantee since it's only one gun but this may be one of your options. I know I'd not be afraid to try it on a pattern board

Yup these shoot awesome for me as well. I'm curious the constriction on the full choke you used. I'm using a .565 trulock but wanted to experiment with maybe a .575.
Also, if you had to guess what were the numbers you were seeing in the 10" at 37 yards? I seem to average around 60-70 at that distance.


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[Bowguy]

Wish I could be exact w number count and construction size. It wasn't my gun, we were setting it for his daughter. It was Mossberg factory 20 ga full choke from the bantam model.
The numbers were good. Not blow your mind tight but that wasn't our attempt. The child is 10-11 and we wanted forgivable. Tell you what I'd def Hunt w it. Sorry I can be more precise

[DBell]

Wish I could be exact w number count and construction size. It wasn't my gun, we were setting it for his daughter. It was Mossberg factory 20 ga full choke from the bantam model.
The numbers were good. Not blow your mind tight but that wasn't our attempt. The child is 10-11 and we wanted forgivable. Tell you what I'd def Hunt w it. Sorry I can be more precise

Not a problem. I was more curious if I could improve my setup with a less constrictive choke.


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[Bowguy]

Every gun is different. Two nights ago a buddy of mine n I shot his gun. It used TSS but that's not the point. Everyone on here recommended a certain choke. We'd shot it weeks ago and it wasn't imo great. He got 3 more chokes. You know what a fairly light constriction and an 8 dollar choke was the clear winner. On all patterning aspects the more the better. I'd not be afraid to try the grand slams though

[DBell]

Every gun is different. Two nights ago a buddy of mine n I shot his gun. It used TSS but that's not the point. Everyone on here recommended a certain choke. We'd shot it weeks ago and it wasn't imo great. He got 3 more chokes. You know what a fairly light constriction and an 8 dollar choke was the clear winner. On all patterning aspects the more the better. I'd not be afraid to try the grand slams though

Exactly. My setup is shooting quite well currently but there's that side of me saying "maybe I'll try one more choke.." haha


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[Yoteduster]

I've been using grand slams this season and I've got to give them a big thumbs up

[DBell]

I've been using grand slams this season and I've got to give them a big thumbs up

You shootin 12 or 20?


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[Yoteduster]

I've been using a 12 ga and my wife been shooting a 20 and very happy with the results out of both of them