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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Shadow Cat on July 28, 2007, 07:51:27 AM

Title: Federal's Black Cloud steel shot loads
Post by: Shadow Cat on July 28, 2007, 07:51:27 AM: Has anyone used these loads?
Title: Re: Federal's Black Cloud steel shot loads
Post by: addicted on October 02, 2007, 09:15:39 AM: thats what i asked and i was told it was a sky busters dream. so it was inconclusive to me. :dunno: im going to pattern them out of my nova this weekend though. if the load does what it says it does then that would be pretty cool. we'll see though
Title: Re: Federal's Black Cloud steel shot loads
Post by: snocohunter83 on October 19, 2007, 02:22:46 PM: I shot them last weekend for the opener, and i was pleased with them. I was pretty rusty, so i can't really say i gave them a thorough testing.

Buddy of mine used them as well, and he said he loves them. I still need to pattern some through my nova as well.
Title: Re: Federal's Black Cloud steel shot loads
Post by: addicted on November 14, 2007, 08:49:11 AM: bought a box last night. talked with a couple of guys at joes and still only heard great things. both the guys a talked with had nova's too. so ill be patterning them maybe this afternoon.
Title: Re: Federal's Black Cloud steel shot loads
Post by: addicted on December 03, 2007, 08:44:14 AM: been using it and there has been a noticable difference between them and the cheap stuff. real good penitration. i heard you cant use them with the patternmaster chokes cuz of the grooves in the choke that are made to separate the wad from the shot better. cuz the black cloud has that flight control wad and all.