anyone found a good combo for the fcw with an 835?
Yep the tightest kicks choke they make or a basner truglo
Tru Glo .670 Bone Collector choke.
my buddy gets good numbers with a cheap primos tightwad tube and 3.5 fc lead 5s
I get my best results with the factory full choke with the FC shells in my 835
#6's
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#5's
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#4's
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I have gotten the best results with the factory choke tube that came with my 835 ulti-mag. I use the #6's, and they work flawlessly. I have read a lot of bad reports concerning the flight control wad, and in my opinion it is because hunters are trying to shoot them through the tightest pinhole choke tube they can buy. Federal designed them to shoot turkey killing patterns through a full choke. I have bought 10 boxes of them in case they ever quit making them, and I am planning on buying more just to have in case I get on a hot streak and I don't want to chance ever running out. My advice is to pattern the #5's and #6's and use whichever one patterns the best for you. Perhaps try some in the 3" size, as well as the 3.5". You can only kill a turkey so dead, and I have never had a problem with the flight control wads with this. My turkey gun isn't anything fancy, but with the federals it will put between 23-29 pellets in the brain and spine on a turkey pattern target at 40 yards, and they flop very little!! Hope this helps, and I agree with Johndoe, the fcw on the average probably won't shoot good through the ported choke tubes as they work against what the wad is trying to do. Most of the ported choke tubes are trying to slow or strip the wad from the shot column, while the wad is designed to stay with it. So if you wanting to buy new choke tubes, I would look at buying the non-ported ones to try if you want to stick to the flight control wad. Me, I'm a fan...
I agree with Curlytop!!
Im a huge fan also!! :icon_thumright:
We have seen them go 150 in a 10. 675 choke.
My Carlson .670 shots FC #5 very well--do not remember the pellet count.
Carlson .675 in my 835 does very good also tru glo old gobble stopper.
For years I shot fcw 5's through a Mad-Max 690 or 695 don't remember. This combo was awsome, but when I bought my new Turkey Thug 835 I shot some 2oz 5's through the x-factor choke that came with it and was real impressed. I want to shoot some 2.25oz 5's some day because I think they will be awsome. In fact if the 2.25oz shoot as good as I think they will I may leave the mag-blends and hevi13 choke at home.