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Anonymous
| | Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 10:16 pm: | |
What do ya'll consider a good pattern at 30yds, 35 or 40 yds. How many pellets inside a three inch circle or a 12 inch circle? Try and be as specific as possible. |
TScottW99
| | Posted on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 9:01 am: | |
To start I try and shoot 25 yards and less with my turkey gun. I know the limits of my gun and it is not a 35-40 yard gun. To have a 35-40 yard gun and know it will make a clean kill is a little tuff. First off you have to have the speed, according to several sources that I have read they recomended at the very least 1100 fps. Several hunters I know who have a 40 yard gun are getting around 1300 -1400 fps. They are also getting over 200 pellets in a 9" circle at 40 yards. That's a good 40 yard pattern. The speed accounts for the down range energy needed for penatration. I just don't like the idea of taking shots at 40 yards on turkeys, I don't like the chances. Call em' in close and make sure. if your interested though send your gun to http://www.nitroammo.com/ and let them dial it in for you. Going to cost you close to $200 though. |
GN
| | Posted on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 9:22 am: | |
If you can get even distribution of pellets so they are one-half in apartt and cover by that sturation a 20 in circle at 35-40 yds, then you have a real good turkey pattern I think. My NEF 10 with a Kick's GT will put way over 300 #6 in a 20 in circle at 40 yds...the nwtf shooters used to get excited about 10 pellets in a three inch circle...I think the hevi-shot winner on the recent shoots put about 40 pellets in a three in circle(seems impossible but I think that is right). I think the center count is not as important as the distribution of the pattern over an area ....I would rather have a great pattern over a 20 in circle than a huge concentraion in a 3 in circle....I am not that good a rifle shot and it shows sometimes in the turkey woods, so I need some margain for shooter's error...also if the birds are in close your pattern can be so small that you can miss an close shot that should be easier shot than a 35-40 yd shot...I try to take my birds at 35 yds because of the pattern on the gun. I also hunt some with an 870, 12, 3 in gun which has a custom bansner barrel on it. |
mossberg835
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 9:09 pm: | |
at 20 yds my 835 with madmax .680 will shoot about a 4 inch hole in papper at 30 yds i get about at least 100 pellets in the head and neck but have never counted for sure and at 40 yds i get at least 50 in the kill zone i shoot a 835 with ported barrel a .680 ported choke with a 2x tasco bantam pro shot scope and use #6 fed grand slam ammo and feel that i could kill a bird at 50 yds but have never killed one at over 25yds |
shopson
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 9:25 pm: | |
I have a Remington 870 Express Magnum with a factory extra full turkey choke. I took it to the range with a variety of brands and shot sizes. With Federal Premium #4s, I was consistently putting 9-17 pellets into the head/neck area at 60 yards. I would not shoot at a bird at that distance, but I am(knock on wood) three for three at fifty yards. |
Robbie
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 - 11:48 pm: | |
I also shoot a 870 that has been worked over by Ballistic out in Ark.The best load for this gun is 21/4 oz of no.6 nickle fron Nitro.This combo topped with a Holo sight will put + or - 300 shot in a pie plate (10in) at 30yds.I have seen this do 316! Is this good or not,I don't know,but if you hold it right there is no reason for a miss at that range.In the past 99.9% of the birds I have taken have been 30yds or less.Robbie |
Steve Spano
| | Posted on Monday, March 04, 2002 - 12:35 pm: | |
I have a Franchi 612 Auto in Real Tree Camo that I thought would be a great turkey gun. My attempt to find a good choke combo have been marginal at best. I have tried a Benelli Full Turkey and a Kick's Gobblin' Thunder. The Kick's chock seemed to put the most pellets on in the paper turkey "kill zone" but also seemed to shoot low and to the right--so much that it was bothersome to have to apply corrections to get point of aim to hit target. Any suggetions for this gun without unloading two hundred bucks in different chokes??
Steve |
GN
| | Posted on Monday, March 04, 2002 - 3:55 pm: | |
Call Kick's..they have an toll free number I think and an email...they should let you send it back if it is off...I think I have exchanged several tubes with them in the past to find the right one(mine were for diameter of constriction changes, not off target...do you have sights on your gun? Are they off? |
Full Fan
| | Posted on Monday, March 04, 2002 - 5:45 pm: | |
Steve S....Most after market choke manufacturers will allow you to purchase a choke and send it back. I made sure every choke I tried could be sent back if it didnt meet my standards. I've gone through 3 Kick Gt's, 2 Comp-N-Choke's, an Undertaker, Tru-Glo, etc., and I'm currently weeding my way through the Rhino's. So far, the best out of the bunch has been Kicks. I'm trying one more Rhino next week and that will do me for a while. I've only paid for one choke. Yes, you may have a ton of money out at one time while trying different chokes, but send what performs the worst back and be sure to collect your refund.
As far as your pattern being "off zero", I had the same problem and so have others, so dont be alarmed. Mine seems to be 5-6" low and left(with Nitros...factory stuff wasnt as bad, but no where near the shot count as Nitro). Thats not much at 40yds., but at close range I dont like the slight margin of error. Putting a Holo Sight on next week to hopefully correct that problem. If a scope or red dot isn't appealing to you, purchase one of the many rifle sight type sights on the market. Hope this helps.
Full Fan
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