| I picked some of this up to see how it behaved, as I was trying to choose a suitable load for home defense, and I have to say, this will do the job, and then some. It feeds, fires, and extracts very well in my Winchester 1300, and is extremely punishing on both ends of the shotgun. This buckshot patterns very consistently, and hits extremely hard. So much so, that the steel barrel I was firing at was being penetrated by both the shot, and the wad! The patterns remain very consistent, and this load will punch a fist sized hole in anything it is fired at within 15-20 yards. I have not tested it beyond that range, seeing as how no room in my house is more than 30-35 feet long, but I'm sure it will fare well at distances longer than that. The only thing that I can find wrong with the Sellier and Bellot loads, is that they burn very dirty. After 50 rounds of this ammo, I had a good layer of soot built up in my barrel. But, for the price, and the sheer power of this stuff, it doesn't bother me a bit. Would most definitely buy again, and would recommend that anybody looking for a high powered load of 00 buck give it a try as well. |