If so, which length shell and what size & brand choke are you using and what kind of pattern are you getting in a 10" circle at 40 yards? Thanks. :OGturkeyhead:
It will show out with a 675 choke. I have not did a shot count with the HW but it is nasty with the lead FCW
With the FCW you can not use a ported choke, is this correct?
Quote from: SumToy on February 04, 2013, 07:32:01 PM
It will show out with a 675 choke. I have not did a shot count with the HW but it is nasty with the lead FCW
Ported, non-ported?? Does it matter??
Quote from: SKFOOTER on February 04, 2013, 01:46:19 PM
If so, which length shell and what size & brand choke are you using and what kind of pattern are you getting in a 10" circle at 40 yards? Thanks. :OGturkeyhead:
Keith,
I've shot those shells in the past through the BPS and probably several other guns with I+ barrels. What we found was that when the Flitecontrol Wad functions as designed, you don't necessarily get the best patterns from those shells. A non-ported choke with an e.d. of .670 - .675 will let that wad function well but patterns are much better when shot through a non-ported .650 turkey choke.
I've had very few inquires about those shells in the last 2 years.
Thanks,
Clark
Quote from: SKFOOTER on February 05, 2013, 12:55:12 PM
Quote from: SumToy on February 04, 2013, 07:32:01 PM
It will show out with a 675 choke. I have not did a shot count with the HW but it is nasty with the lead FCW
Ported, non-ported?? Does it matter??
I cant say about other chokes. Our chokes are NOT ported. Ports holes goes in a boat. :toothy9:
Quote from: SumToy on February 05, 2013, 08:37:06 PM
Quote from: SKFOOTER on February 05, 2013, 12:55:12 PM
Quote from: SumToy on February 04, 2013, 07:32:01 PM
It will show out with a 675 choke. I have not did a shot count with the HW but it is nasty with the lead FCW
Ported, non-ported?? Does it matter??
Ports holes goes in a boat. :toothy9:
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All the turkey loads i see from Federal have the FCW. Do they make any kind of turkey load without it?
Quote from: SumToy on February 05, 2013, 08:37:06 PM
Quote from: SKFOOTER on February 05, 2013, 12:55:12 PM
Quote from: SumToy on February 04, 2013, 07:32:01 PM
It will show out with a 675 choke. I have not did a shot count with the HW but it is nasty with the lead FCW
Ported, non-ported?? Does it matter??
I cant say about other chokes. Our chokes are NOT ported. Ports holes goes in a boat. :toothy9:
So have you patterned the Federal HW #7's through your .675 Invector Plus chokes??
Quote from: SKFOOTER on February 05, 2013, 09:59:02 PM
Quote from: SumToy on February 05, 2013, 08:37:06 PM
Quote from: SKFOOTER on February 05, 2013, 12:55:12 PM
Quote from: SumToy on February 04, 2013, 07:32:01 PM
It will show out with a 675 choke. I have not did a shot count with the HW but it is nasty with the lead FCW
Ported, non-ported?? Does it matter??
I cant say about other chokes. Our chokes are NOT ported. Ports holes goes in a boat. :toothy9:
So have you patterned the Federal HW #7's through your .675 Invector Plus chokes??
Not the HTL but the lead I have. I have a pattern on Facebook with the BC 3 inch number #3 at 30 yards that will kill a turkey. Alot of folks think it is a turkey load target. It was with a HM. I think the FCW works the best out to the bigger bore guns. That wad is had and gets real odd acting when choked small. So you get the same take down with the big bore gun with a more open choke.
I've patterned the #7 heavyweight 3.5" load in an 870 sm and the Carlson tube designed for it (.660 constriction).
I couldn't get a pattern over 140 in the 10" at 40. Truthfully, I was extremely disappointed with those numbers since I was excited about trying the load on a Longbeard last year at the end of the season. I may experiment with Carlson's in the constriction department a little more but I'd want 180+ in the 10" before I'd consider letting one eat on a bird.
I know very few people who have had any success with that damn shell!
Thanks Va but I've already gone the Remington route. I'm interested now in how the Invector Plus barrels pattern the HW 7's.
I found a Roy Rhodes non-ported .655 turkey choke designed by Angle Porting (Ballistics Specialties) for my Browning Silver on EBAY for less than $20 so I bought it. Patterned the 3.5" Federal Hvywght 7's in that combination today and was pleasantly surprised. I put 220+ pellets in a 10" circle @ 40 yards twice. :turkey2:
Quote from: SKFOOTER on February 09, 2013, 06:48:21 PM
I found a Roy Rhodes non-ported .655 turkey choke designed by Angle Porting (Ballistics Specialties) for my Browning Silver on EBAY for less than $20 so I bought it. Patterned the 3.5" Federal Hvywght 7's in that combination today and was pleasantly surprised. I put 220+ pellets in a 10" circle @ 40 yards twice. :turkey2:
man thats a good shooting gun !! :icon_thumright:
I just got a Pure Gold Tempest (non ported) in 660 to try in my Browning Silver with the Fed HWT #7. I will post up pics when I test it.
Quote from: Britton40 on February 09, 2013, 07:34:47 PM
I just got a Pure Gold Tempest (non ported) in 660 to try in my Browning Silver with the Fed HWT #7. I will post up pics when I test it.
Have you had a chance to pattern that combination yet, Britton??
I did, but I had a bad lot of shells. (16VX595). Federal stepped up and picked up the five boxes I had and shipped out some more to me today. I've got a trulock .655 fed hwy and a ballistics specialties .655 turkey to test as well. Hopefully one will work. It seems 655 is the magic number for a browning inv+.
The ballistics specialties machining is top notch. Better than any other choke I ever purchased.
I agree. The .655 Roy Rhodes choke I have that is made by Ballistics Specialties and my Browning Silver put 220+ pellets in a 10 inch circle at 40 yards with the 3.5" HW 7's. :OGturkeyhead:
post up some pics fellas.
I have used the #7HW 3.5" federal in several guns. In the invector plus we use a .665 carlson ext non ported choke. In my citori they averaged mid 190's. In a buddies SX2 they averaged in the 210's. In the 935 with a .675 carlson ext non ported they averaged almost 220. In the remington SM they averaged 190's with the .665 carlson.
thanks
Nathan
Really good info, boys.