Originally Posted by
BuckskinJoe
You are most welcome.
My opinion: Winchester, overall, makes truly excellent ammunition--see some of the ballistic tests in Doc Roberts' threads. For my defensive shotguns, I have 3" Federal #1 Buck (Federal doesn't offer it anymore). #1 Buck is hard to find, but 00 Buck is readily available, and Doc says anything from #1 to 000 works just fine.
Were I buying defensive shotgun ammo today, I would go with Winchester's offerings, since Winchester still makes shotgun shells in #1 Buck. No problem at all with Federal 00 Buck, either.
For shotgun practice shooting, I try to find the cheapest available, and, sometimes that is Remington at Wal-Mart or Sellier-Bellot at some gun stores, or anything decent at gun shows. For practice handgun ammo, I load my own.
For handgun "carry" ammo, Winchester (PDX1 and Talon), Speer Gold Dot, Federal HST, and Corbon with Barnes DPX bullets get the best grades. Again, look at Doc's work in the bolded threads at the top of this forum.
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