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Stumbled on this last night - https://www.federalpremium.com/products/shotshell/gold-medal-grand/gold-medal-grand-plastic/gmt116-8
List it as a 3" 8 shot.
However using that part # everywhere I find it list it as 2 3/4"...... emailed Federal to see it its been made as both. |
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mike650
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Rodgers has it but listed as 2-3/4 for that model # and size.
Hope they have it in 3” 12ga as well, good luck! 👍 https://www.rogerssportinggoods.com/federal-gold-medal-grand-plastic-target-shotshells-12-ga-2-3-4-3-dram-eq-1-1-8oz-1200fps.html I did check SWFA before posting link. 😊 |
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1 1/8oz at 1200 fps isn't a hot shell. I shoot hotter shells than that on late season dove. Duck loads are at least a couple hundred fps faster with a similar steel payload.
The kind of load you're looking for is a pheasant or duck shell and it may not be 3" because they don't load in more shell than it takes to hold the components. I think if you pattern the gun you will see there aren't enough pellets in the loads to get enough of them on a partridge to pulverize it. Once you get to #6 or bigger it takes a turkey shell type payload to put enough pellets in a pattern to do that. I've shot dove while pass shooting ducks. Even if I pillow cased them, they were still edible. That's with #3 at 1550fps from a Light Modified. Start patterning with cylinder bore and tighten up until a bird can't get through it without catching a pellet. I suspect breaking it in with several boxes and keeping it clean and lubed will mean it will cycle 2 3/4" 1300+fps 1 1/4oz 7 1/2s.
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That's exactly what I'm finding... the retailers have it listed as 2 3/4 not 3 like Federal list. And Federal was less than helpful...... |
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I've replied back with "that doesn't answer the question I asked", no response
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Found some..... listed on the site still as 2 & 3/4 but called the retailer and they said it was 3" so ordered a box to try..... will report back once I get. |
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