Since I have a new shotty in the pipeline I thought I had better look for some more buckshot loads to shore up my dwindling supply. Finding nothing available at a decent price on line and nothing at any of the LGS's , I found a guy on a local classified ad page with some Hornady Critical Defense 00 buck and Federal 132LE00 readily available at a somewhat decent price considering the times. The deal is I had to buy all 125 rounds. 85 rounds of Federal 132LE00 and 40 rounds of the Hornady CD. $200
Both loads have the same wad technology. The Federal 132LE00 is a 9 pellet load and the Hornady is an 8 pellet load. I know we like 8 pellets vs 9 due to the 9th pellet "flyer" but the Hornady load is listed at 1600 FPS and that seems a little fast. Neither load seems "Ideal" and #1 buck is impossible to find.
I'm sure either load will do the job but for the sake of discussion, assuming both loads run fine in my new shotgun, which load would you use for SD?