Pattern

[Left field]

Got to pattern my gun this morning was excited to try out viper reflex sight , first shot Remington,magnum and I feel something hit my head , look at the gun and sight was missing , still pretty dark but found it , head didn’t crack it so continued shooting using front bead like normal believe 36 yards is my max range and Winchester long beards preformed the best

 

[Left field]

Here’s a few more pics was impressed with Remington nitro 4s just not as many pellets

 

[Sgt Fury]

I’d give this a try if you can find it. Doesn’t hurt to try a few other brands while you’re at it…you still have time before the season starts.

 

[Big_Holla]

Those remind me of the Remington Duplex loads I used back in the day. Think they were 4 x 6 and patterned real well out of my gun. I like the idea of some that hit real hard and others to fill the gaps.

 

[Hedgelj]

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I’d give this a try if you can find it. Doesn’t hurt to try a few other brands while you’re at it…you still have time before the season starts.

My brother had good success with a blended load last year. Not hevi shot though

 

[Left field]

Going to play uh I mean pattern goose loads in a bit

 

[Bowhunter57]

I've never had any luck getting a good pattern out of any duplex loads, but that might've had to do with my choke tube. Shotguns can be very fickle when it comes to patterning. I don't hunt with any shotshell loads without patterning them first, to see how they perform at the distances I intend to hunt. Paper doesn't lie!!!

Many years ago I used to reload my own steel shot shells, for goose hunting. I ran across a load combination that called for the use of an Activ hull, which was an all plastic 3". It used a Winchester AA shot cup and BB size shot. I finished up loading a box and took them with me for goose hunting the next morning. I was very impressed with the results as I dropped every goose with 1 shot each and out to 50ish yards. Despite my new found success, later that day I patterned them at 40 yards. For whatever reason, the pattern looked like the shape of a football. They were the killing load for geese, but the all plastic Activ hull line went out of business and I had to find another brand of ammo. I ended up shooting some Kent Fast Steel, in BBBs and 3 1/2", which worked out just as good for geese.

My go to turkey shotgun is a Mossberg 500 Turkey Special with a 20" barrel and a 3" chamber. I killed several turkeys with it, using the fiber optic sights that are on it from the factory. However a few years back, I installed a Sightmark Ultra Sight and will never shoot a shotgun without one. There's nothing like knowing exactly where the center of the pattern is going to hit....right or left handed too.

 

[Left field]

https://www.nationaltarget.com/product/tt-sgp/ was watching Joel Strickland. and he was talking about these targets , not cheap , but less time patterning