12 ga gel test: Remington #4 buck (27 pellet)

[Andrew Wiggin]

Good points. I agree.

It might be a good choice for apartment dwellers. My HD weapon is a suppressed SBR loaded with PPU 75 gr BTHP but our shotgun is loaded with Federal low recoil 00 buck.

[Chuck Haggard]

I think you are right.

It's also the choice of several people I know who live in the boonies and use the 12 gauge as a combo home defense and anti-varmint gun, loaded as the first two or three rounds on tap in the tube. 4 buck will pretty much wreck a coyote.

[MD7305]

Thanks for this test and info, Andrew.

Chuck, do your guys still use #4? We use Federal Power-Shok #4 but have had some discussion about going to the FliteControl 00, I'd be curious in your opinion.

[DocGKR]

Why not move to FliteControl #1?

[Frank R]

I use some custom made #4 20ga. 2 3/4 5/8oz. 32 pellets @ 1575 fps. Very effective out to about 25 ft..

[JDM]

Why not move to FliteControl #1?

Because it's about impossible to find.

[Chuck Haggard]

Nope on 4 buck, we went to OO buck in the '90s, various loads since then.

Funny thing about marketing, we started with a regular Winchester OO buck load, then went to a low recoil load they made. That quit being produced because no one bought it. The Federal came out with the same concept low recoil/better pattering load and called it "Tactical" and everyone had to have that stuff.........

We switched between the Federal Tactical and the Remington low recoil 8 pellet loading for awhile, then the Flightcontrol came out. We've carried that ever since. We also issue the TruBall slugs, both in low recoil flavor.

[DocGKR]

"Because it's about impossible to find."

Hmm...the LE reps are pretty good about getting agencies what they need. I know SDPE usually has it on hand.

[MichaelD]

Hmm...the LE reps are pretty good about getting agencies what they need. I know SDPE usually has it on hand.

Agencies, yes. But I suspect BOM was't referring to agencies, or at least that's how I took his comment.

[Rich]

I think you are right.

It's also the choice of several people I know who live in the boonies and use the 12 gauge as a combo home defense and anti-varmint gun, loaded as the first two or three rounds on tap in the tube. 4 buck will pretty much wreck a coyote.

That's what we used. #4 calling or HD fox also