Walmart winchester AA
 

I was at the new walmart and I came across some double A that were differnt than any I had ever seen. They are marked 12ga 980 FPS 26 gram #8. I know this isnt exactly reloading but has anybody tryed thes shells.By the way they are 2 3/4".

They were made for " Cowboy Action Shooting " crowd. I sometimes reload for those guys at my club. Mine aren't quite the same - 3/4oz at 1150fps - but accomplish the same thing at a lower cost - no recoil.

those are the new low recoil loads...ive not tryed them but have talked to some people who have. they say no recoil in average heavy gun.they do not operate in most automatic shotguns so well...this is what ive been told... charlie

These shells are about 3.00 a box cheaper than RST shells. I am going to try them in my D grade and my stinworth as soon as it stops raining.

Here you go!

The attachment contains the results of Sherman Bell's pressure test in the AA Lite shells.

Be advised that this data is from 1999 and Winchester could have changed the load/pressure since then.

These are called Low recoil low noise shells not lite. Velosity is only 980 FPS. Lower velosity means lower preasure. 980 FPS is also subsonic.

I have some experience with them (the 980 fps Winchester loads). They probably hit a target just fine, but don't always sound good. I'm afraid that the powder they are using is not as fast as it should be for such loads. I have freezer tested the lightest RST loads and found them to be reliable and of good "sound" even when frozen. RST must have access to very fast powders that Winchester does not choose to use.

I did test fire a few rounds of these shells through two different guns today(hardly a difinitive test). A D grade parker Damascus barrels and a fox sterlingworth. Recoil was minamal even the fox with 2 5/8 chambers. The parker has 2 3/4 chambers.The noise level seems a little less(then I discovered I wasn,t wearing my hearing protection). I dont beleive you will get any bloopers here in the south. The tempeture dosn't drop low enough. May be a problem up north in the colder climates.

I have used them for Skeet as you are not shooting great distances like in 5 stand or Sporting Clays.. they work fine for skeet.. the recoil is very nice for that.. not sure if they would be fast enough for trap or SC.. shot 5 stand with them and didnt do so good.. but that of course could be me.. :-)

A bang and some recoil is not a bad thing. I like my shells to have a little of both and I did not like the subsonic shells when I tried them. I shot a round of trap with a Browning Recoiless trap gun. I found the almost total lack of recoil unnerving, every shot felt like a squib load which I found distracting. Perhaps over time I would have gotten used to it. The gun was incredibly effective in reducing recoil but it never sold well and is seldom seen these days. Perhaps others felt the same as I.