The OLD FBI Load was a very viable one especially out of 2" and 2.5" snubby's and they did not have many negatives like hard recoil, grouping low and excessive noise. In other words - hard to beat!

IMHO the Buffalo Bore #20A beats it well enough for me to endure the hard recoil, but there are many who object to that. The Speer 135 grain GDHP also performs admirably but not that much better than the proven and trusted FBI load of yesterday. DO NOT confuse the more recent FBI loadings from Rem, Win & Fed as they have proven through my Chronograph tests to be watered down substantially!