Liberty or death Jr. Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Last day of goose season here, I've only shot one, I line up on another goose coming in, and my gun goes boom, I missed. I then went to eject the shell and out comes the brass cap, but no plastic. I look in my chamber and there it is, wedged in the gun. I had to go all the way home and get it out with my gun kit and by that time, my hunt was over . All in all, the gun did great, and it did excellent with winchesters, not one problem, but the one box of federal 3-1/2 and half of the shell stays in the gun. It was only the third round out of the box. So, just letting you know why I won't use federal again, I will stick with winchester and hevi-shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooderman Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Liberty, Sucks but in my opinion next time take a field kit with you so you don't have to go home. Gunslick makes a kit that even comes in camo so you can loose it, ha, ha. About Federal. I don't think there is ANY ammo on the market that is perfect. With that being said I have now shot 3 boxes of Federal Gold 1 1/4oz, 3 inch, magnum #6 at 1550fps and not once did I have a problem. I also ran 100 of the Walmart Blue Box Federal 1 1/8oz, 2 3/4 inch, #8 at 1200fps with zero problems. Now I just found out with the industry I work in that I have the opportunity because of our contacts to buy ammo at really good prices. Unfortunately for me it is not Federal. I am a Federal man. The ammo is FIOCCHI. I plan on buying some and checking it out. I will however not EVER use Winchester unless I am forced to. Reason? I will not support a company that supports Patrick Flannigan.....but that is another story. Let us just say he and I don't get along to well.... Anyway, sorry you had the problem. Remember that kit.... CR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty or death Jr. Posted January 13, 2007 Author Share Posted January 13, 2007 What do you have against Patrick? I have never had a problem with federal rifle ammo, but, I hardly ever use federal shotgun shells, and when I do in cold weather, they fall apart . I'll look into there kit, but I will also just stick with Winchester, never had a problem in the three years I have used them. My brother uses federals and winchester and the winchester shoot way better, for the same price. I like there rifle ammo a lot too, its just a little more expensive then federals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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