Home Forums Birds & Dogs Turkey Hunting Problems with Federal's Flitecontrol Wad and extra full choke?

The problems are not from too tight of a constriction, they are from the ported "wad stripping" chokes. The aftermarket chokes that are extended and ported are designed to strip the wad away from the load and provide a tight pattern. Federal designed its "Flite Control" to strip away from the shot on its own. If you shoot them from a non ported choke, you will like them and they will likely pattern well for you. You probably won't get very good results from a ported choke though. Federal Heavy Weight shot is the heaviest available commercially too which is a good thing. It s15 gm/cc where lead is 10-10.5 and Hevi shot is 12. Very dense heavy stuff.
Lee

i shot the heavyweights in my mossberg 935 with a rhino choke and had terrible patterns, then after some reading i shot them thru a factory improved cylinder choke and was amazed at the pattern i was getting.i have shot several turkeys with this combo most between 25 & 30 yards but some at 45 as i missed judged the distance.

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The problems are not from too tight of a constriction, they are from the ported "wad stripping" chokes. The aftermarket chokes that are extended and ported are designed to strip the wad away from the load and provide a tight pattern. Federal designed its "Flite Control" to strip away from the shot on its own. If you shoot them from a non ported choke, you will like them and they will likely pattern well for you. You probably won't get very good results from a ported choke though. Federal Heavy Weight shot is the heaviest available commercially too which is a good thing. It s15 gm/cc where lead is 10-10.5 and Hevi shot is 12. Very dense heavy stuff.
Lee

[/quote]Have you tried them in the ported chokes? I have and they work great. Again, nothing to worry about. They are one of the best performing turkey loads I've used. [quote]

Have you tried them in the ported chokes? I have and they work great. Again, nothing to worry about. They are one of the best performing turkey loads I've used.

I have used them in several different guns and chokes in both ported and unported chokes. They shoot much better in unported chokes. I use Win supreme's, mag blends, and Nitro's(my preferred) in my guns now and with ported chokes they shoot significantly better than the Fed with Flight Control Wads. I will be patterning some Fed's tomorrow in a gun for my Dad with a non ported choke and I'll report back.

I now prefer Nitro's in my main turkey gun and used to avoid them for the reason that most guys do, they cost too much. However, I then realized that I spend hundreds if not thousands every year chasing birds and very little of that money actually helps me kill turkeys. I buy new clothes, calls, decoys, blinds, etc every year and they are nice but they don't do much that my current (i.e last years) stuff does. I have killed birds for a long time with the same old equipment. The Nitro's though, add a really tangible difference to you ability to kill turkeys. It extends your range at which you are able to kill a turkey. I have shot birds at 50 plus yds with other loads before and I have also missed them at that range with other loads. With the nitro's there is no doubt that the load will perform well enough if you do your part. When you can put 250 plus pellets in a circle at 40 yds every time it makes a difference. The cost is roughly $50 more for 10 shots than plain lead loads and $30 more than premium type loads. I don't know about you but for me, $30-50 more per season to ensure that I don't go home empty handed is money well spent. Some will argue with me and that's fine. It's just my opinion. I chase turkeys is 6-7 states every spring and I like every advantage I can get.
Lee

I too vote for the Win Supreme 2 oz #5s for my 12 gauge shotguns. I have yet to find a combo that works as well with the Fed Flitecontrols. Still looking, since I have several boxes of them.