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I have a bunch of OO, #1 and #4 Buck shells but have wanted to try some 0 Buck. Couldn’t find any until I stumbled upon some Remington online at Cabela’s. Not a great deal at $9.99 per box of five. Will get over to the range to see how they pattern out of my 20” Mossberg 590A1 and my Stoeger Coach Gun.

Also … found this box of Federal 00 Buck in my inventory of Buck shot loads. Bought them when I was living in Cali in the late 70’s. Note the price … $2.50!
 

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I have a stash of 00, 000, #1, #3 and #4.
Bought a 25# bag of 4 Buck, back around '88. Still have 15#.
Never seen 0 or had any reason to look for it.

$2 per round is a tough pill, though.

I would really to try some TSS, but $5 - $9 per round puts a damper on my desires.
Natchez had some TSS 5s, but I couldn't pull the trigger on them. Have only seen 7s and 9s. The 5s could be interesting.
 
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Test drove the Remington O buck out of my 20” Mossberg 590A1 and my Jim Finch tuned Stoeger Coach Gun.

At 10 yards, the Mossberg was doing all 12 pellets in 4”. At 20 yards, the pattern increase to 10”. To compare, this Mossberg with Federal’s excellent “FliteControl” wad that will put all 9 pellets of OO buck in a 2.5” pattern at 10 yards and 3.5” at 20 yards.

The Coach Gun is choked Improved Cylinder and Modified choke tubes. At 10 yards, the IC tube had a 7” pattern with the Mod was at 6”. At 20 yards, 12” with the IC and 11” with the Mod.

The Remington O buck performed on par with the less expensive Rio #1 buck I bought at Bud’s. The only issue with the Rio is the shells are about 1/8th of an inch longer which in my Mossberg, reduces the tube from 8 rounds to 7 rounds.
 

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