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< 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ Fiocchi 16 ga. Dove Loads |
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Mon Jan 02, 2023 6:43 pm
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Joined: 24 Dec 2009
Posts: 196
Location: South Dakota
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I'm looking at buying some Fiocchi 16 ga. Dove Loads in #8 shot to use for sporting clays. They are the lowest priced shells of this type I can find online. I've shot a lot of Fiocchi Golden Pheasant loads over the years with very good results. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with these Dove Loads? |
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Mon Jan 02, 2023 6:51 pm
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Joined: 22 May 2020
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Location: Ky
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They were light enough where my dad put his a5 on light setting to cycle. I traded him for boxes of his French winchesters that are only 67mm long, he don’t own a 2.5in 16 anymore. They killed doves just fine. |
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Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:12 pm
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Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 370
Location: Columbia, SC
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My wife has a flat of Fiocchi 1200 fps 16 gauge #8 dove loads that she'll shoot at sporting clays after shooting the remainder of a flat of Herters. It may be a while before she shoots them because she prefers and shoots her 20 gauge Grulla most of the time.
We've shot several flats of the Fiocchi 1200 fps 28 gauge #8 dove loads and they've shot fine. We've both broken clays and killed quail with them and I've also killed woodcock with them. As far as I'm concerned they are a good cartridge, in fact, we just bought 3 more flats of them last month. |
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Tue Jan 03, 2023 6:45 am
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Joined: 30 Nov 2011
Posts: 1694
Location: Minnesota
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Like Flychamps, I used to buy both 28 and 16ga from them. Once I got into reloading a lot I didnt want to also stock the Fio 616 primers so I quit buying them. If you dont reload,I'm sure you can sell the empties. |
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Thu Jan 05, 2023 7:51 pm
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Joined: 24 Dec 2009
Posts: 196
Location: South Dakota
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Crap! Before I could pull the trigger on a couple of flats they were sold out. You snooze, you lose! |
_________________ My 16's:
Browning A5 Sweet Sixteen
Browning Citori White Lightning
Browning BPS Upland Special |
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Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:50 am
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Joined: 08 Nov 2005
Posts: 3436
Location: Illinois
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Been loading these with WSF--getting 8 plus reloads. |
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