Federal Classic ammo. Any good?

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I just bought 2 boxes of Federal Classic in .308 for deer. My preference would have been Remington Cor-lokt, but I could not find any. How does the Federal Classic ammo compare?

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ninepointer said:
I just bought 2 boxes of Federal Classic in .308 for deer. My preference would have been Remington Cor-lokt, but I could not find any. How does the Federal Classic ammo compare?

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Bullet performance between the two is similar. I've found the Federal Classic more consistently accurate than the Remington ammo. YMMV.
 
I think I bought some old stock, since Classic no longer appears to be found on the Federal website. Is Federal Classic the same as what they now call Federal Powershock?

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You are correct, but the bullets are a little different. I actually liked the performance I saw out of the old silver box Federal Classic loads. I used some out of my .270 WCF about 8 years ago (no time to reload and I was in a pinch:redface:) and the on game performance was good. I actually think that it will perform even better in your .308:D
 
ninepointer said:
I just bought 2 boxes of Federal Classic in .308 for deer. My preference would have been Remington Cor-lokt, but I could not find any. How does the Federal Classic ammo compare?

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I have had 5 .308's and the Federal Classic/Powershok ammo was always the most accurate (moa or better) of the 3 cheapies. (Rem,Win,Fed) I'm loading now for my bolt .308 but still have 7-8 boxes of Federal that I use in my 7600.
 
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