Fed flight control+my gun (pics)

[FARMTOFIELD]

I patterned my gun yesterday with federal mag shok flight control wads and its purty dang good this is at 40 yard out of my mossberg 835 and a kicks 660 choke. I got 140 on paper (this is a turkey target just turned over so you can see the holes) with 40 pellets somewhere in the turkeys head neck area. My shot was about 3-4 in high. With the shot being that high and a little to the left i think if point of impact being lower i would have gotten closer to 200 on paper because the densest part of my pattern was almost cut IN HALF. Had i been 3 inches lower i would have cut out about 20 shot but added that much more of my more dense part of the pattern and i think "numbers would have been ALOT better.This by the way is an 11x8 piece of paper that i copied the turkey target to it is NOT a standard size turkey target you buy in store. DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A NUMBERS GUY AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE COUNTED NUMBERS ON THE WHOLE PATTERN I USUALLY JUST COUNT SHOT IN BIRDS HEAD!

 

[REN]

That will kill some birds no doubt.

 

[FARMTOFIELD]

you see what i mean about the densest part of pattern?

 

[Grizzly Johnson]

What size shot were you using? .660 seems over-choked to me..... .670 or .680 might make a difference.

A Mossberg barrel is already a 10ga diameter.... over-choking will blow the pattern apart.... typical chokes go from .690-.670 for the Mossbergs.... .670 being with #6 & #7 shot....

 

[Roost 1]

I agree.....675 is as tight as I have of anybody using in 835 with the oversized barrel..but if it works, it works!!!

 

[FARMTOFIELD]

i was using 5 shot lol

 

[Grizzly Johnson]

i was using 5 shot lol

Yep, too much choke in my opinion.... do you have a less restrictive choke to try?

Or maybe some smaller shot....

 

[FARMTOFIELD]

got the factory 695 but it aint ever shot anything worth a crap thinking about trying a 670 or 675 but i shot some 6s ojt of it yesterday and they sucked

 

[knightrider]

pure gold 670 is what my 835 is in love with, with the 3in magblends i consistently get over 230-260 at 40

 

[buckhorn40]

 

[spitndrum]

That'll do pig

 

[mathews338]

dead bird imo

 

[spctbone]

Get you a Primos Tight wad and try it! My 835 loved it! And they are cheap!

I killed out to 52 yards with my 835, primos tightwad and Remington Turkey magnum 3 1/2" #5's~!

 

[timberjack86]

Thats a dead Longbeard there and we all know you cant argue with a dead Longbeard