ORIGINAL: SwampCollie
ORIGINAL: tlutterba
Whats wrong with shooting federals out of apattern master?
Most federal ammunition now a days has those new Flite Control Wads that open at the rear rather than the front. The idea is for the wad to stay with the shot charge longer than a conventional wad. A patternmaster, however, works exactly the opposite way. The studs on the inside of the choke are designed to literally strip the wadding from the shot colum just before it passes through the choke and out the barrel. Flite Control wads are much stiffer and thicker than convential wads, the results will leave you with a very very dirty and plastic gummed choke tube. Moreover, the extra money you pay for the flite control wad (and I have my own opinions about that anyway) will be totally for nothing because all you are doing is ripping it up anyway.
That could do some explaining. I shot the Federal Black Clouds out of that patternmaster last year (only a box) and had no luck what so ever with them. I missed a goose at 10 yds and about 2 feet off the ground. The next day switched ammo and was blasting them.. So what would you recommend shooting with the Patternmaster?