Federal TACTICAL ammunition

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I ordered some of the Hydrashok slugs. On the box it says "this ammunition is designed and manufactured exclusively for sale to law enforcement agencies." Is this why I can't find it in stiores? What's Federals stance on civilians being able to come by this? And why is it that I can find this online but not in a store? this also goes for their tactical buckshot, tru ball rifled slugs, etc
 
In a way it's respectable. I think it's somewhat clownish that a company like Winchester/Olin is trying to capitalize on the mall ninja aspect by selling "military grade" sub-par buckshot in that way. But I do wish the Federal were more obtainable. They feed the besta nd give me the best patterns...from what I've tried. I haven't tried high-end stuff like Winchester Supreme, the high grade Remington TAC stuff or Hevi-Shot. any experience with those brands, Youngster? You seem to have some experience patterning. I've shot shotgun SO much, but prior to recently I was a notorious buckshot horder, rarely shooting buck or slugs.
 
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for law enforcement use only

That's what it said on the WW over runs of std velocity 158 SWCs that were made for NYPD I used to buy back in the 70s. This is not something new. Every manufacturer does this to some extent.

The only "LE use only" that can get you in trobule is armor piercing ammo.
 
I haven't tried high-end stuff like Winchester Supreme, the high grade Remington TAC stuff or Hevi-Shot. any experience with those brands, Youngster? You seem to have some experience patterning. I've shot shotgun SO much, but prior to recently I was a notorious buckshot horder, rarely shooting buck or slugs.

Winchester Supreme in SB1200 and SB12300 guise is some of my favorites, it's among the best patterning of the non FC loads in my guns and it hits HARD, this is what the "military grade" buck should have been. Only thing is it kicks pretty hard too and may be better suited to an autoloader than a pump.

I don't normally use Remington beyond their slugs, 000 and #1 buck, nothing wrong with their other stuff but I just don't use it.

Hevi Shot 00 was the most impressive buckshot I've ever tried, it shot as tight as I've ever seen a non FC load manage and it tore through my test media beyond anything I've seen before. It's just too expensive to buy in quantity though and I don't think they even make it anymore.

With that said, most of my of my current stockpile consists of Federal Power Shok 8 pellet 000 and Fiocci 9 pellet 00, with some Remington Slugger slugs in there as well. I've tried just about everything and the above are the cheapest loads that I can easily get in quantity that work acceptably well in all my guns.
 
The word tactical on the side of the box means that it will pattern 1" at 1000 yards and will kill a terrorist somewhere on the globe just because you fired it.

Good ol' buckshot has been securing homes for centuries. Just go with it. It's all lethal. You can't take it back.
 
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