I've read that basically Feds PD132 is darn near the same thing...I guess...
On a side note,
I currently have a FN TPS that internally choked for buckshot...
With that said...I am going to do a "00 buck" test with my gun before the end of this shooting season. So far I have lined up:
-Winchester buffered 9 pellet 00 Buck military over-run
-Winchester Supreme 3 pellet buck/slug combo (joke ammo I know but I wanted to try it out)
-Winchester Super-X 9 pellet 00 buck
-Federal Vital-shok buffered copper plated 9 pellet 00 buck
-Federal Self Defense low recoil 9 pellet 00 Buck
-Hornady TAP 9 pellet 00 Buck (original issue black box)
-Hornady TAP LE low recoil 8 pellet 00 buck
-Hornady Critical Defense 9 pellet 00 buck
-Hornady TAP light Mag 8 pellet 00 buck
-Centurion double ball buckshot (again, lame but I want to see how this patterns)
-NobelSport LE 12 pellet 00 buckshot
-Fiocchi low recoil Exacta 00 nickel plated buck
-Wolf 00 buck
We'll see how these feel and pattern from a self defense distance. I plan on getting pretty detailed with the tests if possible...or at least as detailed as I can being an amateur. In the past the pattern/recoil is as different as night and day when comparing different brands...
What spawned this "test" is that I used to have a cyl bore Rem 870 and found different 00 buck to pattern completely different. here's some shots I took back then:
Hornady TAP:
Winchester Military surplus:
Fed Vital Shok:
All were fired from 10yds and obviously patterned completely different although all are listed as buffered. The TAP was amazingly tight where as the other two weren't.