Finally got a decent day to pattern so i decided that I would take the stoeger out and try it with the new batch of hevi 7s that I had just gotten in. It was a laser ranged 40 yards from tip of barrel to target. I was shooting the hevi 13 7 shot (lot #300857 for those wondering) through the .656 hevi 13 choke tube. The gun had been deep cleaned about a week or so ago but this was the 7th shot down the barrel after putting some other loads down the barrel to check the red dot. Ended up putting 321 in a 10 inch which I was pretty pleased with needless to say. Thanks for looking.
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Shot the mag blends today with the same setup at 40 and they put up 230 in the 10 inch circle.
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I doesn't get much better than that!. Nice pattern. I see dead turkeys in your future. :OGturkeyhead:
Is that the 3" or 3.5" load?? :OGturkeyhead:
Quote from: SKFOOTER on January 30, 2013, 10:26:56 PM
Is that the 3" or 3.5" load?? :OGturkeyhead:
3.5" 2.25 oz load
That's a killing combination right there....... :icon_thumright:
Dead!
With that pattern you can Skeeter hunt if the turkeys don't co-operate.
Very nice looking pattern...
Like to see a pix of the Tom that gets that wrapped around his head and neck.
Looks good.
holy crap...nice work...dead bird!
good night...looks like you have yourself a gun. :smiley-char092:
I am definitely pleased with it. Just deep cleaned the barrel too so I feel like it would only get better.
Nice !!
Dead turkey!
Holy Cow! With that pattern, you need to RUN back to the store and buy every sigle box of that lot number you can find!
I had issues with some lead loads that shot radically different from one lot to the next....
What red dot are you using and how is it holding up to the recoil of that gun?
Ducks
I did buy some more of that lot and got 3 more of another. I have a sight mark sure shot and have shot quite a few rounds with it and its doing very well holding zero. Here is a pic of what it looks like.
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Better take some plastic garbage bags with you this spring. I see heads flying over that pattern as in separated from the neck.
That is a cool looking setup. I have a 2000 turkey gun that I use as a loner gun. Honestly, not sure why I don't use it myself as it shoots quite well with the factory choke and high velocity Winchester #5s. I think I will get some Federals and see how they do through it.
The hevi 13 choke tube did definitely surprise me with how good it shot. I have no doubt if the barrel was clean that it would shoot 350s or higher easily.
Updated with magblend pattern
One of the best patterns I have seen!
outstanding patterns