Well that sucks - 01/19/19
Back in 1996 I bought a Mossberg 500 from Dick's out of the scratch and dent bin. It was the only firearm I ever bought from Dick's. It's been serving me now for over 20 years as my main turkey gun. While I was at the store, I grabbed a couple of boxes of Federal 12 GA 3 inch 2oz #4's. They shot really well out of the gun. I later added an extended choke tube, and they shot even better. That was that. I've been shooting them ever since.
Sometime in the early-2000's they added the Flite-Control wad. It's a long plastic cylinder with fins on the back. The fins cause drag and it pulls the wad away gently. If the turkey is close enough, the wad ends up sticking in their breast feathers.
The local shops stopped selling that load ages ago. I had my LGS order it for me, and a couple times I'd order up some boxes from Grafs.com.
This year, after paying off the Christmas bills, I looked online. Nada.
Even the Federal website doesn't mention the load. They've got 2 oz loads, but they are only in 3.5 shells. They've got 3-inchers, but no bigger than 1 7/8 oz.
Drat! These were $1/round loads that would stand up to a lot of the fancy $5 loads. After 20 years, I'd mostly stopped the local turkey population from laughing at me with those loads.
Remington still makes an old-school load that's 3-inch 2oz #4. I guess that's what I'll try next. I still have enough of the Feds to last through this year.
Sometime in the early-2000's they added the Flite-Control wad. It's a long plastic cylinder with fins on the back. The fins cause drag and it pulls the wad away gently. If the turkey is close enough, the wad ends up sticking in their breast feathers.
The local shops stopped selling that load ages ago. I had my LGS order it for me, and a couple times I'd order up some boxes from Grafs.com.
This year, after paying off the Christmas bills, I looked online. Nada.
Even the Federal website doesn't mention the load. They've got 2 oz loads, but they are only in 3.5 shells. They've got 3-inchers, but no bigger than 1 7/8 oz.
Drat! These were $1/round loads that would stand up to a lot of the fancy $5 loads. After 20 years, I'd mostly stopped the local turkey population from laughing at me with those loads.
Remington still makes an old-school load that's 3-inch 2oz #4. I guess that's what I'll try next. I still have enough of the Feds to last through this year.