Patterning my KSG with Federal Law Enforcement #1 Buck

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I finally found an indoor range nearby that would let me shoot my KSG with buckshot. All the other ranges only allow slugs with shotguns. Anyway, it finally gave me a chance to pattern my KSG with my chosen load, the now discontinued Federal Law Enforcement Tactical Low Recoil #1 Buck. I think it's perfect for terminal ballistics against bad guys, penetration control, and recoil control. I also got a chance to sight my red dot out to 25 yards, so now it's great between 15 feet and 25 yards.

Photos below show the gun, the box end of the ammo, and then the patterning between 5 yards and 25 yards. I ended up doing two patterns at 15 yards, which was interesting because of the vastly different results. Overall, I'm very pleased.








 
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With a KSG wouldn't patterning just involve walking into a crowded room and emptying the tubes?
 
Wouldn’t happen to have any of that Federal #1 for sale would ya? ;)
 
Sorry, no. I keep a lookout for boxes everywhere I go. I wish Federal hadn't discontinued it. It's a great self defense load.

I don’t blame you a bit! I’ve had 0 luck tracking any down on the net or anywhere I travel.

If anything, they could release it in their “Personal Defense” line with the exact same specs and that’d be cool. I don’t know of any police departments that actuall adopted the LE #1 buck load, but surely there must have been at least one since they released it in the LE lineup?
 
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