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 Re: Fiocchi Speed Steel
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02/21/13 02:08 PM
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There is nothing wrong with the Fiocchi Speed Steel. They require less choke and worked great in the Berettas and Brownings I used them in. I use the 2 3/4" #7 steel for dove and quail. The shot isn't plated but is as round as any out there and the rest of the components are top notch. That's really what I was getting at. I used the last of an old flat of Winchester Xpert murdering wood ducks at the end of the season. I recovered some pellets and they looked like they had been manufactured by dripping slag into a tank of water; about as uniform and round as boogers.
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Re: Fiocchi Speed Steel
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02/21/13 02:27 PM
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I've never used them, but my hunting partner does. I've noticed if you get them wet as in carry them in a shell belt and wad over the belt he had a lot of no fires after they got wet. That gave me enough reason to never try them.
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Re: Fiocchi Speed Steel
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02/21/13 05:35 PM
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Fiocchi much more uniform than rios but I'd take the rios instead
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Re: Fiocchi Speed Steel
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02/21/13 11:46 PM
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I've never used them, but my hunting partner does. I've noticed if you get them wet as in carry them in a shell belt and wad over the belt he had a lot of no fires after they got wet. That gave me enough reason to never try them. They are not sealed for sure. I quit using them when Federal Ultra-Shoks got stupid cheap.
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Re: Fiocchi Speed Steel
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02/22/13 04:55 AM
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I've never used them, but my hunting partner does. I've noticed if you get them wet as in carry them in a shell belt and wad over the belt he had a lot of no fires after they got wet. That gave me enough reason to never try them. They are not sealed for sure. I quit using them when Federal Ultra-Shoks got stupid cheap. So... If you've managed not to submerge your shotgun shells or your shotgun since you were about 15 years old they should be ok? Or if you keep them in a waterproof neoprene shell bag? (had some booze tonight, no offense intended) BTW, I've killed more than one iPhone with salt water - yet I'm more careful with a 20 year old 870 express mag and shells to feed it...
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Re: Fiocchi Speed Steel
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02/22/13 02:19 PM
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Why would someone use steel shot on dove, unless your shooting dove while duck hunting.
Shopping with your husband is like hunting with the game warden.
Experience is what you get, when you didn't get what you wanted.
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Re: Fiocchi Speed Steel
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02/22/13 02:37 PM
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You a punk if you don't shoot Fiacchi Speed Steel!
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Re: Fiocchi Speed Steel
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Why would someone use steel shot on dove, unless your shooting dove while duck hunting. I hunted dove on a widow's land in Austin County for a while that didn't want anyone using lead shot on her property - but you're right that the subject of this thread is 3" #2 steel for waterfowl.
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Re: Fiocchi Speed Steel
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02/22/13 06:20 PM
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Why would someone use steel shot on dove, unless your shooting dove while duck hunting. I shot steel at doves last year out of my 410. It was cheaper.
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Re: Fiocchi Speed Steel
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02/23/13 04:08 AM
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I shot Fiocci this year. No failures, just seemed to expand a little after fired and a little harder to eject. Steel shot required for dove...... its coming.
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Re: Fiocchi Speed Steel
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02/24/13 04:58 PM
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Evidently, you haven't been to the Parker County Peach Festival in a few years  Did Hayraker just admit to mounting a little rhino?  That takes some skillz!
I'd ask him if he's pregnant. He missed a s__tload of periods. I'll take "things that look like a uterus" for $200 Alex.
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Re: Fiocchi Speed Steel
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02/25/13 06:28 AM
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So...
If you've managed not to submerge your shotgun shells or your shotgun since you were about 15 years old they should be ok? Or if you keep them in a waterproof neoprene shell bag? (had some booze tonight, no offense intended)
BTW, I've killed more than one iPhone with salt water - yet I'm more careful with a 20 year old 870 express mag and shells to feed it...
If they are kept above the water line then you'll be fine Why would someone use steel shot on dove, unless your shooting dove while duck hunting. I don't know, maybe because there is 30% more pellets in a 1oz load of #7 steel vs #7 1/2 lead, they launch @ 1470 fps, they are $60 a case, provides a good tune up with your duck gun, and eventually you will be required to shoot them, it is just a matter of time.
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