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Fixed full choke.

I know nothing on the Apex so I cannot speak for it. The Federal have the flite control flex wad which does well with normal constricted chokes. I started my son with just a normal modified choke and his gun shot the old flite control wad good and it allowed more room for error. I think sometimes we get caught up in chokes that are too tight! I like the Carlsons 575 because it throws what I consider a good hunting pattern it's just according to what you want.
 
chrmayo":22xnn2hb said:
I have an old wingmaster 20 mag. It has a 28" fixed full choke. What loads would be best to shoot out of it. The federal tss or apex.
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I have the same gun except in a 12 Gauge. I love that old gun and was thinking about using it a little bit this you're turkey season. I have the same questions. Fixed full choke as well....i plan to try a couple different loads this week and see what works best with it.


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I hunted with a fixed full 12 gauge for several years. I used 2 3/4 Kent pheasant loads. Killed more birds with that gun than any other I've used
 
Uncle Jesse":1hiy2cvd said:
I hunted with a fixed full 12 gauge for several years. I used 2 3/4 Kent pheasant loads. Killed more birds with that gun than any other I've used
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Exactly.
Call them up to within "traditional" up close & personal ranges
and the gun & shells seem to make little difference.
Dead is dead, and under 30 yards, most any gun & shell combo works.

I've said for years that the average turkey hunter (at least when they used to use a turkey call and call them up)
would actually kill more turkeys with a straight factory modified or full choke than any after-market "extra" full choke,
simply because too tight a choke contributes to more close-range misses.

Unti my eyes actually needed an optical sight, I had killed the majority of my turkeys with 2 3/4" shells,
in the early days simply using the same shells for turkey that were left over from squirrel season.

Over two decades ago, I had killed turkeys with at least three DIFFERENT 16 gauge shotguns,
and usually using #7 1/2 lead shot.
 

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