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Thread: Federal FC #1 Available?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sherman A. House DDS View Post
    If we could formalize a letter/email to send to Federal, between here, and a number of us who have blogs with substantial readerships, we could get the word out.


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    I hope so, but #1 FC was made by request from some people here, and others. Sales sucked. Im afraid they will say "hey, we built it, no one came, we have a more profitable use for that machinery." I hate to be a naysayer, but if i were LeVista, thats what id tell you based on the last few years.

    I hipe that im wrong. I loved that loading. Ill poke around a bit, but my sources tell me the ship may have sailed. Maybe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unobtanium View Post
    I hope so, but #1 FC was made by request from some people here, and others. Sales sucked. Im afraid they will say "hey, we built it, no one came, we have a more profitable use for that machinery." I hate to be a naysayer, but if i were LeVista, thats what id tell you based on the last few years.

    I hipe that im wrong. I loved that loading. Ill poke around a bit, but my sources tell me the ship may have sailed. Maybe.
    So did they just overestimate what the demand would be; or, did the people who requested it not follow through and purchase?

    Curious as I've never heard the story behind this round

    thanks
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    Quote Originally Posted by ccmdfd View Post
    So did they just overestimate what the demand would be; or, did the people who requested it not follow through and purchase?

    Curious as I've never heard the story behind this round

    thanks
    From what I gather, several people asked for it, Federal did it, noone ordered it. The details are much more nuanced, but I think that's the gist, as I understand it.

  4. #24
    This indeed is disappointing if true. I would be in for a group buy if we could pull one off. Otherwise, I guess I'll settle on one of the two low recoil OO loads. I have a few boxes of the 8 pellet and I'll pick up a couple of the 9 pellet. I'll stick with whichever one patterns better out of my 1301.
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    Everybody's heard of "double-ought buck." It's practically the national standard self-defense load. It's going to take a heckuva campaign to convince everyone that #1 Buck is better...
    I'm thinking that if the results of scientific testing were to make the pages of American Rifleman/Shooting Illustrated, and Lucky Gunner's video series, maybe demand would pick up to the point where it would be more readily available.
    In a year or three.

    I suspect that part of the problem may be that it is marketed as a Law Enforcement load -- some dealers require LEO certification -- but LE agencies are no more immune from "everybody knows double-ought buck" than Joe Sixpack.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom_Jones View Post
    Bummer. I'm down to a little over 2.5 cases. I guess it's time to start rationing.
    I’m down to a half, hence my concern!

    Email to Federal was responded to in less than 15 minutes. Unfortunately it said we’re Technical, will forward to Sales.

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    I came to the shotgun late and didn't know much about different buckshot loads. I'd be in for a group buy now.

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    I'm just thinking out loud, but I think Chris Baker of LuckyGunner (@LGChris) is a member here. If we're really serious about a group buy, perhaps we could persuade him to try and place an order from Federal. I'd very much like to try some of the No. 1 buck.
    Last edited by Tom_Jones; 10-05-2018 at 08:21 PM. Reason: Added tag for Chris — and it didn’t work. :(

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    In for a case!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norville View Post
    I’m down to a half, hence my concern!

    Email to Federal was responded to in less than 15 minutes. Unfortunately it said we’re Technical, will forward to Sales.
    I fired off an email asking as well, I'm not expecting a response until Monday though since it went out late on a Friday afternoon. They've been really good at getting back to me in the past though. We'll see and fingers crossed.
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