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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Fishaholic on May 17, 2013, 11:52:53 AM

Title: Federal Ammo Question
Post by: Fishaholic on May 17, 2013, 11:52:53 AM: So I bought a box of federal 180 grain soft points for my 30~06. I have never shot it and I usualy buy rem corloks but they were all out. My question is do the federals in the blue box work well? Any complaints or pros to it? Im shooting it ouut of an open sight rem 700.

Thanks
DD
Title: Re: Federal Ammo Question
Post by: kckrawler on May 17, 2013, 12:05:50 PM: My little Savage .243 loves that stuff...and so does my wallet :tup:
Title: Re: Federal Ammo Question
Post by: PolarBear on May 17, 2013, 12:10:04 PM: :yeah:
Thai is what we shoot in my daughter's .243 and her 4 shot groups at 100 yards can be covered by a nickel.
Title: Re: Federal Ammo Question
Post by: turkeyfeather on May 17, 2013, 12:11:56 PM: I have used it in my sons .243 for target practice with pretty good results. Haven't used it for hunting though.
Title: Re: Federal Ammo Question
Post by: Fishaholic on May 17, 2013, 12:39:25 PM: I was lucky to get the 30~06 ammo. In Aberdeen ammo is hard to find. Or I would have got rem coreloks. I dont know anyone who relaods thats close to me. I was shooting 168 grain hand loads and my 700 likes them alot
Title: Re: Federal Ammo Question
Post by: Jingles on May 17, 2013, 12:55:21 PM: I haven't bought any factory ammo in I have no idea how long, at least 20 years, so I didn't know that federal had different colored boxes.
Title: Re: Federal Ammo Question
Post by: Bofire on May 18, 2013, 08:50:42 AM: :) I like the Fed blue box ammo. For about the last 15 years I find it more accurate and better performing than Rem Core-lokt.
Carl
Title: Re: Federal Ammo Question
Post by: Booner on May 18, 2013, 12:39:41 PM: My 270 wsm mod 70 loves this stuff. Most accurate and best grouping stuff I've shot. I use it for high volume shooting and sighting in due to it's low cost.

The ballistics are very close to the red box Federal Premium I actually use for hunting. For hunting I prefer a premium bonded projectile.

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Title: Re: Federal Ammo Question
Post by: RB on May 18, 2013, 01:09:22 PM: Quote from: Bofire on May 18, 2013, 08:50:42 AM
:) I like the Fed blue box ammo. For about the last 15 years I find it more accurate and better performing than Rem Core-lokt.
Carl
:yeah:

I switched to Federal about 15 years ago as well and had the same result way better accuracy the soft points should be comparable to the cor-lock :twocents:
Title: Re: Federal Ammo Question
Post by: asl20bball on May 18, 2013, 01:48:00 PM: I have a Remington 7mm model 700...the federals just dont perform well for me. Remington ammo is more accurate in my gun for sure.
Title: Re: Federal Ammo Question
Post by: follow maggie on May 19, 2013, 11:17:39 PM: I've brought home lots of deer & elk with it over a lot of years
Title: Re: Federal Ammo Question
Post by: jyerxa on May 19, 2013, 11:27:31 PM: I just about sold my 44 mag once. The real reason was I didn't know how to shoot it. So I blamed the Ammo. CCI

But I dry fired it the night before shooting the next day. Had some Federal truncated hollow points that particular day and it was bull's eye after bull's eye. :dunno: The future e-wife was out of town. Maybe? But Federal has done right by me.

Yeah I can shoot anything through it now. ;)
Title: Re: Federal Ammo Question
Post by: C-Money on May 19, 2013, 11:53:12 PM: Federal blue box ammo is my first choice when buying ammo. Great success with a number of cartridges. I will bet you will like it better than the Core loks. :tup: