Just a few seasons back, the Federal Flitecontrol Wad revolutionized turkey hunting. The patterns it produces are so tight you danged well better have sights or a scope on your shotgun so you can aim it as precisely as a rifle when that longbeard steps inside of 20 yards. Loaded into the “traditionally-too-small-for-turkeys” 20 gauge, the Flitecontrol technology has exploded the popularity of this sub-gauge as a serious turkey hunting tool – without all the recoil of a lightweight 12.
Next came Federal’s Black Cloud non-toxic waterfowl loads pairing the Flitecontrol wad with Flitestopper steel shot – also nicknamed “Saturn shot” because of the ring around each pellet. Loaded in a precise mix with standard steel shot at velocities of 1500 fps, the result is a devastating duck and goose shell that extends effective range 10-20 yards beyond standard steel loads – and at a price that allows you to hunt more than once a year and still feed your retriever!
So the two newest iterations of Flitecontrol and Flitestopper technology unveiled at the 2010 Shooting, Hunting & Outdoor Trade Show a few weeks back can be viewed as a natural … and much needed … evolution in wingshooting ammunition history…
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