<P>Hello All, this is my first post, but I'm looking forward to becoming an active member of the site. I've been waterfowl hunting for about 12 years, so I'd consider myself pretty familiar with the available ammunition on the market today. However, this week I bought a new Browning Gold 10 Light, and before I started buying ammo to use for patterning, I thought I'd ask for some input and advice on where to start. I've been using a 12 ga. since I started waterfowl hunting, and most of my hunting has been done on big water (lake erie/sandusky bay). I've been using a Browing BPS Magnum 3.5in with the factory Mod. Choke and more recently a Remington 11-87 Super Mag with the factory Mod. Choke, and have been happy with both. My favorite steel loads have been Winchester Super-X 3.5in BB with 1 9/16oz and Kent Fasteel 3.5in #1 1 9/16oz for using on the lake, and my first inclination was to start off with those sizes in the new 10 ga. Both loads in 12 ga seem to be versatile enough to use on ducks and also when the occasionaly goose comes along- and they usually knock anything within reasonable range stone dead. However, ammo gets expensive and I'm just looking for some suggestions/advice on what you guys find effective and to find out if anyone else out there hunts with a 10 ga or a Gold 10 in particular. I'd been interested in trying a 10 ga. for a few years, I keep reading articles on how they pattern so well with the larger steel shot, and also how they supposedly hit a bit harder due to a shorter shot string- I guess that's why I decided to buy this gun when I found it - got a great deal. Last fall I bought a case of the new Federal Premium Heavy High-Velocity 12ga 3.5in #1 with 1.5 oz of steel, and had considered picking up some of that for the 10 ga, but I was on Federal's site and the show the 12ga 3.5in load at 1500 fps, and the 10ga at 1450fps. Anyone have any idea why the 10 ga load would be slower the the 12 ga with the same amount of shot? Didn't make sense to me. Thanks for any input!</P>