Well I just got back from throwing some patterns with my Mossberg.

The gun is a Mossberg 500 Turkey Gun with the 24" ported barrel and a 2.5x Tasco Turkey scope.

I tried all listed shot out of my stock Mossberg XX Full Turkey Choke (.670) as well as a new Undertaker choke (.665). All patterns were better out of the Undertaker choke noticably.

The 3" Federal Mag Shok #4's were the new ones with the Flite Control wad in them. I must say, I was kind of dissapointed with this load. It seemed to throw the worst patterns. This was their 2oz load. The patterns also werent of even density like the Winchester loads. Some patterns were all over the head and neck, and then some had the heaviest density elsewhere.....very little consistency. I haven't written off these loads though yet, I will be trying a box of their Mag Shok #5 Flitecontrols as soon as I can find a box, maybe there is too much of a load there with 2oz for #4's in my gun/choke combo.

The 3" Winchester Supreme #4's were the load I have used for the last few years. This is their 1 3/4 oz load. This was pretty darn close to their #5's, but not quite as good out past 30 yards. Under 30 yards, they seemed to put as many pellets in the vitals as the Winchester Supreme 3" 1 3/4 oz #5 loads. At 30 yards, there were 20-30 pellets in the head/neck on my targets every time with this load, identical to the #5's. At 40 yards, the #4's only put 10-15 in the head/neck area.

The 3" Winchester Supreme #5's 1 3/4oz shells were the best today. As mentioned above, they had similar patterns to the #4's when 30 yards and closer, however at 40 yards, there were more lethal #5 hits than the #4's. I was able to average 15-20 pellets in the head/neck of the target everytime and it threw very consistent patterns with even shot density every time.

With all that said, I thought federals new Flite Control wad was supposed to stay with the shell for a longer distance. The Winchester wads were closer to the target in EVERY shot than the Flight Control wads. I will try their lead #5's before I write them off though but the Win Supreme 1 3/4 #5's will be tough to beat and will probably be the load for me this year.