apex vs federal
apex vs federal
i have been doing some testing with these two tss loads in the 12 gauge. curious to what you guys thoughts are between the two. i hear some negative about federal but i have been getting better patterns with the federal. curious to what you guys are finding?
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Re: apex vs federal
I shoot apex out of my 20 gauge and have great results! I wasn’t able to find federal at the time to try
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Chokes makes a world of difference in those two loads
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benelli sbe3 ic choke
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I have not shot Apex but the federal shells I bought rattled like maracas. Out of the 10 shells I had, 3-4 gobblers behaved much more life like than they should have at the distances they were shot.
I believe, at least at the beginning of the TSS game, federal just threw some tungsten in shells without much quality control.
I believe, at least at the beginning of the TSS game, federal just threw some tungsten in shells without much quality control.
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Re: apex vs federal
The patterns also were not up to snuff to the hand loads I had which were essentially Apex.
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Re: apex vs federal
I've had better results with apex
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Re: apex vs federal
Federal didn't pattern as well and is slower FPS than Apex. I may try some Foxtrot, gotta check 'em for next spring.
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Yes they are slower. I'd like to try the small town blend to see if they are tighter in my gun
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2.5oz is a lot of 9s, and here I thought 1-5/8 was overkill so I dropped to 1-3/8. I think if I was shooting 2.5oz out of a big bore I would use 8s . Not knocking anything, to each their own.
Hell of a pattern!
Hell of a pattern!
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It’s hell of a load for sure! That’s my buddies gun I’m using a 20 gauge!
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I watch seven birds go down with federal this year didn’t seem to have a problem at all.
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Check that. Eight birds.
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I found the federal 3.5" 2.5oz 7/9 blend load for $48/box
Only thing I dont like is 1000fps. But it's hard to pass up
Only thing I dont like is 1000fps. But it's hard to pass up
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Feds shot about 100 less pellets in 10 at 40 in my 20 ga M2 . but they still shot 310 ish with a ic 555.
So they weren't a slouch at all in my gun . but this gun is phenomenal with #9's . Apex and Handloads are over 400 every shot .
So they weren't a slouch at all in my gun . but this gun is phenomenal with #9's . Apex and Handloads are over 400 every shot .
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