Federal FlightControl 00 Buckshot Patterning

The Federal FlightControl 00 Buckshot has a special Wad that constricts the 'Shot' to shoot a tighter pattern. But Does to constrict it too much? we shot at 7yd,10yd and 15yd. At 7yd the buckshot bores a 1" hole with nearly no spread. At 10yd we get roughly 2" of spread. At 15yd we get roughly 3" of spread.
For special applications like deer hunting or other "long range" shotgun tasks,this FlightControl should work great. But at across the living room,inside the house jobs,I feel like you're better off with Standard Buckshot
The shotgun is a Mossberg 500 18" Cylinder Bore.

[@stylin60es]

Thanks for reviewing! Keep up the great work 👍

[@carllove3705]

To me the purpose of the 00 buckshot is the unquestioned stopping power of it, not that it sprays or spreads out. I would rather have a tight pattern and be able to shoot a little farther out without risking collateral damage to my neighbors or passing cars in a home defense situation.

[@bigt9745]

I know this video didn't get a lot of views, but thank you for posting this

[@claytoncarter4071]

Well Said 👏👏👏👏 Fed PD #4 buck for me. It's a 2 3/4 inch load but it has 34 pellets, copper plated, no buffer, no shot cup to restrict the scatter. The load just sits on a fiber wad to push it out...old school.

[@NYPrepper]

Great video, thanks. Subscribed! Greetings from NY

[@macbaker8477]

Thanks for taking the time to test the Federal Flight Control 12 gauge Buckshot to show the grouping patterns at the distances that you did! :-) Mac Baker

[@sincere0025]

Awesome video

[@Damonbird775]

[@jamiesloan5902]

You're exactly right. This ammo isn't designed for close encounter home defense type shots. It's design allows you to get some extra distance, for hunting purposes.

[@b.griffin317]

8 pellet and 9 pellet FFC has different patterns. you should also pattern this out to 30 and 50 yards as this is the range these loads are designed for.

[@neutronstargalaxy1092]

Or at least 25 yards. I was a little bumbed out that he didn't at least try a shot or two at 25. 🤔

[@828enigma6]

9 pellet is not as tight. My SO used 8 pellet. I saw one officer repeatably shoot a six inch group at fourty yards with it. Good stuff. Best with a rifle sight on the shotgun, and modified choke or improved cylinder.

[@neutronstargalaxy1092]

@@828enigma6 never tried the 8 pellet Federal Flight control though I have seen videos on it but I have tried the Hornady 8 pellet 1600 FPS with flight control wad and it was a rather impressively tight patterning load out of my 870 Remington.

[@nelsonr1467]

8 pellet has a little less recoil too

[@Adderadderadder]

cool video. just got some recently since all i had were non-lethal shells. now i should be able to blast anything inside the furthest reaches of my house and yard if i need to.

[@therichie9916]

Rather than address everyone individually in the comment section I'll say this here. Verify on your own. Too many people do not understand 00 buck. A four inch spread or a one inch spread at 5 feet to 10 yards will not change the effectiveness of 00 buck. Once the load hits the body the pellets still take varying paths through said body. What is a FACT is that a very tight patterning load allows more precision for each shot making it a superior load. Period. And to anyone who thinks a pistol caliber carbine would be anywhere near as effective as a load of 00 buck at home defense ranges you have no understanding of ballistics. Not even close.

[@Drpermer]

With that pattern, or lack thereof, you'd be just as well off with a 9mm, which would likely have better penetration to boot. Even "regular" buckshot loads are not very useful within indoors distance, you're better off using a large size birdshot.

[@therichie9916]

You could not be more wrong.

[@Drpermer]

@@therichie9916 gotta luv the youtube "you couldn't be more wrong" banter, complete with supporting evidence LOL

[@robertthomas4633]

Compared to your bountiful evidence?

[@therichie9916]

Hey genius have you ever seen a human shot between 10 feet and fifty feet? I have. Three times in my nearly 50 years of life. They sure as hell did not react the same as one being shot by any handgun caliber. Imagine the difference between someone poking you in the eye with their finger and hitting you square in the face with a sledgehammer. 00 buck out to 50 yards penetrates human flesh as good or more than any premium handgun hollow point. If you need professional based facts on this you do your own leg work and look it up and research it yourself. I won't do it for you. The several ER trauma surgeons across the States I spent 30 years getting to know are one of my sources. You can Google the rest.

[@jamescalhoun4588]

9 mm has at most 400 ftlb and 12 gauge has 2600 ftlbs. No comparison can be made !