Mr. Brown,
The Federal Premium 3" shells I was shooting were certainly high velocity. I believe they had 1 5/8 oz of buffered copper plated shot. It could have been 1 3/4. I am looking to see if I can find some of them. They were rated over 1300 FPS.
This was over 20 years ago. Federal still makes 3" shells that are rated over 1300 FPS. See their ballistics page:
http://www.federalcartridge.com/ballistics/Ammo_Search.aspx?act=choose&firearm=3&s1=1 I really don't care to debate this issue. For all clay sports (except buddy/annie oakley type shoots) I am a huge fan of light loads. See my first post on this thread. But, I have killed lots and lots of pheasants dead with consistancy at extreme ranges as I explained before. It is simply a fact.
I don't advocate it. But there it is.
The point I was trying to make was that big shot carries more velocity and, with its weight, much more shock power at much greater range than does small shot.
Do you disagree with that?
Best, Craig Clark (Jakearoo)
