Fiocchi F3

[Simbo]

Will............you patterned the red 7 for me, centre dense, not too worried as I would probably only use them on 50 yard +

Did you ever try a blue 8? I don't get balls of dust in half n half fixed, just good even kills and nice comments from others out with me.

Geordieboy.............supplier and price please.

 

[Geordieboy]

I get my shells from Angus Brown.  He comes to Barby near Rugby on a Wednesday.  He charges £183/1000 for F3's and £200/1000 for Officials.  Don't have his number I'm afraid, I just put my order in verbally!

 

[shredder]

Seen you on Saturday Georgie boy. Had a rare outing on the sporting at Barby.

 

[Geordieboy]

Seen you on Saturday Georgie boy. Had a rare outing on the sporting at Barby.

Tis' either my skill at shooting or my rather famed accent that highlighted me no doubts......   :wink:

 

[shredder]

.. Seen you get the dogs out the car but I was just on my way out to shoot compaq.

 

[Simbo]

Fiocchi F3 Piston 8.5 through my Perazzi MX8 HPX DSR  33". Fixed half 'n' half at 30 yards.

 

[Will Hewland]

Dense core. Pattern behaviour is much easier to see at 16 yards.

 

[chippy]

I patterned my gun once, never again. At 40 yards the pattern was so bad with 1/2 choke and 7 1/2 shot cartridges that I thought that it would never break a clay there were gaps bigger than a clay in it everywhere. But using the same cartridges it breaks clays well at that distance even with less choke. Weird

 

[Will Hewland]

I patterned my gun once, never again. At 40 yards the pattern was so bad with 1/2 choke and 7 1/2 shot cartridges that I thought that it would never break a clay there were gaps bigger than a clay in it everywhere. But using the same cartridges it breaks clays well at that distance even with less choke. Weird

Agree. Clays break better than patterns would suggest..

 

[matt s]

Agree. Clays break better than patterns would suggest..

We don't see the benefit of an 8ft long shot string at 40yds with a static pattern plate.

 

[Will Hewland]

We don't see the benefit of an 8ft long shot string at 40yds with a static pattern plate.

oh FFS..

 

[chippy]

6 pages.

 

[Will Hewland]

6 pages.

Again. ?

 

[matt s]

Chill out chaps,has shotstring already been done to death then??

 

[chippy]

Chill out chaps,has shotstring already been done to death then??

its running a close second to POI. POA 

 

[matt s]

its running a close second to POI. POA 

And WTFP??

 

[Crocket81]

Fiocchi F3 Piston 8.5 through my Perazzi MX8 HPX DSR  33". Fixed half 'n' half at 30 yards.

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Be interesting to see the pattern through mine with 3/4 chokes because the way they hit the abt at fareham today was outstanding ?

 

[Geordieboy]

Fiocchi F3 Piston 8.5 through my Perazzi MX8 HPX DSR  33". Fixed half 'n' half at 30 yards.

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Awesome view that.  It has a slightly dense centre but a nice even outer pattern.  Thats how I see the breaks off my clays.  it is rare to get a chip with my Mk38 trap and these shells.  Certainly, with 2 x 3/4 chokes it gives the impression of a fabulous pattern and my breaks with these shells make me look great.  (I am quite vain after all).  I pretty much just keep these 2 in now that I shoot my best scores with them and the breaks give me a lot of confidence.  

Well done on the Patterning!  Much appreciated!

 

[Les53]

Can't enter into the blue, red or green F3 debate as only shot the reds.

At Beverley at the weekend I was using up some F3 reds for the first barrel for the first three lines of UT and while the F3 breaks were pretty good (and certainly good enough), they were not convincing. Second barrel breaks using FBlacks were equally good as the first barrel breaks even though they were much further out.

For the last round I switched to the F Blacks my lad was using for my first barrel and BAM!! Balls of soot!

Now I know balls of soot are very nice to see but not necessarily the ideal for maximising scores but as I shot my highest score of the day with them as well I think they obviously suit my shooting style and gun/chokes so I'll be sticking with the Blacks....until something else comes along

DT

I've been on F Black for about a year now Greg.......yep brilliant shells!

 

[Geordieboy]

Just figured out that the shot sizes are half out on these;

Red F3's Italian 7.5's  -  UK 7's  2.4mm

Blue F3's Italian 8.5's  -  UK 8's 2.2mm

Green F3's Italian 9's  -  UK 8.5's 2.1mm

Great then.