Mossberg 930 SPX 2¾" Fed Flight Control, Hornady plus others;00 buck loads

[RDub01]

Hello
I got seven more 2¾" shells to test for pattern and velocity in the 930 SPX.  I'm doing the same thing as last time, shooting a round at seven yards (21 feet), and a second at 14 yards (42 feet), and the real tight patterning rounds, a third at 21 yards (63 feet).

Three from Hornady;
Hornady BLACK 8 pellet 00 Buck
Hornady Critical Defense 8 pellet 00 Buck
Hornady American Gunner 8 pellet 00 Buck

Two from Federal;
Federal Power Shok 12 pellet 00 Buck
Federal Vital Shok 9 pellet 00 Copper Plated Buck with Flight Control wad
And;
Remington 9 pellet 00 Buck
FIOCCHI 9 pellet 00 Buck





I'm shooting a Mossberg 930 SPX off of a rifle rest.  Chronograph is an Oehler 33.  Skyscreens centered 10' from muzzle.

First the Fiocchi rounds.
Although they were very fast, patterned very well, and was very light on recoil, this translated into a round that doesn't generate enough pressure to cycle the Mossberg 930 action.  So this is a pump gun only round. 



The Hornady ammo was very fast and patterned nicely.  I didn't have enough targets to shoot all of them at 21 yards, but I did shoot the BLACK at 21 and it did pretty well.  When shooting the BLACK at 14 yards the wad stuck itself onto the target.








And when shooting the American Gunner at 14 yards I encountered something very weird.  There were only two holes on the target and the wad made a hole off to the right.  The velocity reading was a little over 1800 fps.  So I circled the two holes and the wad hole and shot another round.  That time it looked a lot better.  So I wonder if somehow only two pellets wound up in that particular shell.?





The Federal 9 pellet 00 with the Flight Control wad did very well out to 21 yards.
The Federal 12 pellet 00 round patterned a little better than the Remington counterpart







The Remington round did what I expected it to do. Just a good solid round.



That's all for now..

[Alaska]

Big rule of thumb with Fed Flight Control Wad
Do not suggest any choke with this ammunition.
Cylinder Choke recommended for tightest patterns .
Let the Wad do it’s job no choke needed.

[Kenk]

Thanks for testing those. I?ve got some 3? HEVI-Shot Dead Coyote loads that I want to test with Carlson?s Coyote Choke. Carlson and HEVE- Shot clam coyote kill shots can be obtained out to 70 yards with the choke / ammo combination. I understand  that the tungsten pellets, or should I say ball bearing?s hit  extremely hard, and are heavier than lead, but 70 yards.  I?ve made 45 and 50 yard coyote kill shots with this combination, but 70, I don?t know. As for the HEVI-Shot ammo, it?s great stuff, other than being incredibly overpriced