Federal has just come out with a load that may interest some, although I'd prefer even less velocity: Federal Premium Hi-Bird. The 1 1/4 oz offering is the old standard Super-X recipe: 1330 fps. The 1 1/8 is 1275 fps, available in #6 shot. $10.95/box, which is cheaper than the ridiculously fast "premium" pheasant loads by a good bit . . . and 200+ fps slower. Not anything I'd want to shoot at targets (also available in 7.5 and 8), especially since I shoot relatively light guns. But it would be a decent pheasnt load, and better than most of what's available unless you go with RST.
Last edited by L. Brown; 08/06/17 07:06 AM.
