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Federal Heavyweight.
Started by coyotetrpr, July 21, 2012, 03:30:38 PM
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coyotetrpr
The Boss Gobbler
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Federal Heavyweight.
July 21, 2012, 03:30:38 PM
In the 3.5 inch 12 guage turkey shells they only load 1 7/8 oz of shot. Does anyone know why this is and if they plan on upping the payload in the future? Thanks for your time, I figured someone on here would know.
Jakes are like scotch. They are not worth a darn until they age.
Devastator
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Re: Federal Heavyweight.
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July 21, 2012, 05:26:46 PM
check out my pattern pic of an 1187 sm with a trulock choke on the 2nd page of the pattern
pics.at
1300 fps i think this is good enough for me!
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Re: Federal Heavyweight.
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July 22, 2012, 08:33:03 PM
Its because of the wad mainly, and with the right choke you don't need anymore, that shot is
very powerful.
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Re: Federal Heavyweight.
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July 23, 2012, 12:05:22 PM
I dont reload but I'd imagine keeping that load at 1300 fps it cant be much heavier. Like anything it can probably be tweaked but these are mass produced and going back and forth on the drawing board takes a little planning I'd imagine. Nice round with plenty of killing ability. Ive taken a few gobblers with those.
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Re: Federal Heavyweight.
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July 23, 2012, 09:07:39 PM
the 20ga load is 1-1/2oz's and it's more than enough to take a bird
it's not the harvest,it's the chase
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