Strut10 Posted January 29, 2017 Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 Got to spend a little time last weekend with my newly put together 20 gauge at the patterning board. Ran a few 3" Winchester Supreme #5 shotshells through it at 30 yards to dial it in close on windage and elevation. It was printing 95-105 hits in the 10" circle through the sight-in shots. Then back to 40 yards to double check the sight-in with my intended hunting load and to see how it would print the hits. First try put 135 hits in the 10" circle at 40 yards. Pretty pleased with that. DEFINITELY a deadly hunting pattern. I'm just not sure how much I'm gonna monkey around chasing numbers...................... Trying different choke tubes gets expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted January 29, 2017 Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 12 hours ago, Strut10 said: Got to spend a little time last weekend with my newly put together 20 gauge at the patterning board. Ran a few 3" Winchester Supreme #5 shotshells through it at 30 yards to dial it in close on windage and elevation. It was printing 95-105 hits in the 10" circle through the sight-in shots. Then back to 40 yards to double check the sight-in with my intended hunting load and to see how it would print the hits. First try put 135 hits in the 10" circle at 40 yards. Pretty pleased with that. DEFINITELY a deadly hunting pattern. I'm just not sure how much I'm gonna monkey around chasing numbers...................... Trying different choke tubes gets expensive. I would have to say our feathered friends are in big trouble with that pattern coming at them. I have to agree on the expense of trying new chokes, I recently bought the Aniconda choke for my 887 and have been impressed so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted January 29, 2017 Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 Wow...I don't think I'd change a thing...that is some awesome patterning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 29, 2017 Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 Nice pattern Don. What turkey load are you using with that setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted January 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 2 hours ago, wtnhunt said: What turkey load are you using with that setup? That was a Federal Heavyweight 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 Wow, 7s? Is that what you hunt with? I've always used 5s or 6s.....do 7s have a benefit over those shot sizes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 Heavyweight 7's are comparable to #6 lead shot in weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted February 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 On 2/1/2017 at 11:15 AM, Rhino said: Heavyweight 7's are comparable to #6 lead shot in weight. Yep. Comparable in weight to lead 6's.......................but with more pellets in the payload. And the smaller, harder pellets don't deform and have less frontal area. So they will out-penetrate the lead 6's. I've been VERY impressed with the HW7 shotshell's terminal performance on turkeys so far . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 that'll do Don. i used to use Fed Heavyweight #5.... seemed to be overkill. HW#7 are very common and have proven their worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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