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Black Cloud has been Federal Premium's headlining waterfowl load for more than a decade, and it's won over its fair share of the wingshooters. But it has also always come with the caveat that it can't be use if your shotgun sports a ported choke tube, which have been increasingly common aftermarket accessories. Those days are over.

You can now shoot Black Cloud FliteControl FLEX with all chokes, as the newly engineered brake fins on the wad open from the rear and remain deployed.

An industry-leading product gets upgraded—and we put it to the test.

Federal Premium's Black Cloud FS Steel Close Range is designed to achieve a full pattern within a very short distance, making it ideal for decoying or hunting flooded timber. Here are five things you need to know.

Federal introduces Heavyweight TSS shotshells with Tungsten Super Shot pellets, which the company says are 56 percent denser than lead, resulting in more energy and higher velocities at extreme range.

Here’s our list of the top new turkey loads and gear to help you get it done this season.

Chasing spring gobblers with a sub-gauge this year? Check out these six performance-enhancing turkey loads that are the best on the market today.

Federal’s new Black Cloud TSS ammo blends the company’s super-dense Heavyweight TSS pellets with its existing Black Cloud steel FliteStopper pellets to maintain velocity farther, hit harder and penetrate deeper than any waterfowl load ever has.

Federal has expanded its Black Cloud TSS line of waterfowl loads to include a 20-gauge offering, that will blend 60-percent heavyweight No. 9 TSS pellets with 40-percent No. 3 FliteStopper steel.