There are more pellets in the 30" circle with the Fed 209A than with the Cheds. But then, I am shooting 1 ounce with the cheddites and 1 1/8 ounce with the Fed 209A. So there really isn't a true test of side by side loads. I loaded the 1 ounce trap loads in what I thought was a thorough test and came to the conclusion that the 1 ounce load was costing me 5-6 targets in 100 simply because they didn't hit the target hard enough using Cheds and Green Dot.
Shooting the Feds under 700X in the 1 1/8 ounce load there is a marked difference in speed to the target at the further distances. Up close the 1-2 targets per 25 I was giving up vanished with the Feds and 1 1/8 ounce loads. I generally feel that spending a lot of time with chronos, charts and whatever is a waste of time. The name of the game is breaking clays. When they break they count. When they merely leave some dust behind, that is a lost bird. The advantage of the 1 ounce load is the lighter recoil and cost savings in lead and powder. JF
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