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Federal Black Cloud Duck Commander Special Edition #3 Load Wreaks Havoc

December 6th, 2008 · No Comments

From Federal:
Federal Premium Black Cloud stormed onto the scene last year with steel shot technology waterfowlers had never seen. This season, Federal reminds hunters a Duck Commander Special Edition #3 shot option brings even more attitude to this breakthrough load.
In its first year, Black Cloud’s payload of FLITESTOPPER and Premium Steel provided devastating performance on […]

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New Federal Shotgun Ammo Featuring Barnes Sabot

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Federal has introduced a new 12 gauge hunting round using a Barnes slug called the “Tipper Expander.” The new offering is a 3″ shell with 3/4 ounce slug leaving the shotgun at 1900 fps.  This cartridge is only for rifled barrels, and claims to be a good hunting round to 200 yards.  Federal already offers […]

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.327 Federal Magnum A Viable Self Defense Caliber?

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Ever since Ruger and Federal introduced the .327 Federal Magnum in November of 2007, I have been intrigued by the potential of this caliber.  Granted, any new firearm caliber has a serious uphill battle to be accepted by the general shooting public.  But, the .32 has been around and used for self defense since the […]

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Ammunition Price Increases: Bad and Getting Worse

November 8th, 2008 · 18 Comments

Back in March, I wrote about the soaring costs of ammunition.  Later the same month, I let everyone know about the pending price increases by ATK, the parent company of Speer, Federal, and CCI.  Now that a few more months have passed, I thought some of you would be interested in seeing how much prices […]

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Federal Nyclad Ammunition in .38 Special to be Reintroduced at 2009 SHOT Show

October 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Federal Premium Ammunition will be re-introducing the Nyclad in .38 Special at the 2009 SHOT Show according to the folks at the Pro Arms Podcast.  During a show on “snub nosed” revolvers, one of the participants made the announcement.
The Nyclad line of ammunition was developed several decades ago and became popular as one of Federal’s […]

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