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Duck Hunting - 16 Gauge Field Grade (FW)

Posted by John Kuklinski on December 15, 2024, 4:18 pm

Friends,

Does anyone have experience using Hevi-Shot (Hevi Bismuth), 16 gauge ammo in their Field grade FWs? I bought Hevi-Shot, 1 1/8 oz, #2 shot ammo. Advertised velocity is 1350 FPS.
Any comment would be welcome.
Thanks
John from Omaha

Re: Duck Hunting - 16 Gauge Field Grade (FW)

Posted by Drew Hause on December 15, 2024, 4:57 pm, in reply to "Duck Hunting - 16 Gauge Field Grade (FW)"

The hang tag that came with your gun John specified a 1 oz. with 2 1/2 Dr.Eq. Smokeless Powder (1165 fps) load.
I would not use that shell unless the chambers are 2 3/4" (Hunter Arms did not lengthen the 16g chambers until the late 30s) and the head of the stock was glasbedded.
The Hevi-Shot load would have about 28 ft/lbs of recoil in a 7# gun - 10# more than the 1 oz. load.

Re: Duck Hunting - 16 Gauge Field Grade (FW)

Posted by John Kuklinski on December 15, 2024, 8:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Duck Hunting - 16 Gauge Field Grade (FW)"

Drew,

Thanks so much. I guess I'm gonna use my Long Range. Oh well, I guess I'll suffer through the ordeal.

John

Re: Duck Hunting - 16 Gauge Field Grade (FW)

Posted by Paul Bramble on March 1, 2025, 2:43 pm, in reply to "Duck Hunting - 16 Gauge Field Grade (FW)"

I’ve been using the Boss ammo, it’s worked well

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