I decided to go out and site in my new gun this past weekend to get ready for spring. My local store hasn't stocked hevi shots yet so all I had to work with were Winchester Supremes and Remington Nitros. This picture is using a remington nitro #6 2oz shooting through a 12ga Supernova with an IC .665. I'm not thoroughly impressed, but the gun seems to be shooting centered at 35 yards so I don't want to change up too much until I can get some hevi's in. Anyway just wanted to know what some of you "pattern junkies" thought of it
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In my opinion, its a fairly good pattern for those remington loads. I've killed a few birds using those REM nitros. There is no doubt they will kill. Once you start throwing some hevi 13 down range and u see what kind of patterns you're getting with them you'll fall in love with them. Good pattern for those loads though.
I think that is the best pattern I have seen with Rem loads!
looks exceptional to me @ 35 yards with lead.
great pattern with the remington
Quote from: bigwayne17 on January 29, 2013, 08:01:51 PM
looks exceptional to me @ 35 yards with lead.
I was thinking the same thing!
DEAD
Can't ask for much more than that out of some factory lead.
Best pattern I have ever seen from that shell! :icon_thumright:
Quote from: chatterbox on January 30, 2013, 08:26:16 PM
Best pattern I have ever seen from that shell! :icon_thumright:
X2
thats holding them nitros in there!!
Well after reading these responses I feel better about it. If you look at the target, the pattern seems dense from upper left, through the middle down to the lower right... in a diagonal. I was leary about the lower left and upper right quadrants being less and not as even. But from what I'm reading, you all think this is good for this shell. I never paid much attention to paper patterns before... I usually found it a success if I shot the thing in the head and it fell over dead, but my dad allchokedup, has always set up my previous guns.. actually only one.. the rest of the time I've just used one of his... haha
Great pattern for nitros!
If I got a pattern like that at 35 with lead, I probably wouldn't even buy any htl shells.
those Nitros are definitely not the top end patterning shell so to get a solid kill pattern out of them means your gun likes them. You could hunt with that and be confident. You will likely see a major improvement when you go to Hevi loads as you said was your intention. I've had great luck with #6 and #7 both are birdcrushers. Good luck, happy hunting!
good even pattern for a low end load. thanks for sharing
My plan was to go with Hevi 13, but my local Bass Pro won't stock them. They have the magnum blends so I'm probably going to give them a try. I have some bass pro gift cards to use up and along with the rebate I can get a couple boxes for free.
Don't worry about the HTLs, call him up and use those. Gooder-n-snuff.
Um, at 35 yards, with basically one of the cheapest turkey loads you can buy.... not sure it's worth spending the money of hevi unless you're planning on specfically shooting them in the eye..... :funnyturkey:
Ah, I don't see a problem! 8)
IMHO, people get so caught up in making a small pattern at 40+ yards, they don't realize it is too small at 20 yards. I've actually tried to open mine up a little cause I can usually call 'em in so cllose I don't really need all that range!! :TooFunny:
Quote from: M R Ducks on February 13, 2013, 07:03:01 PM
Um, at 35 yards, with basically one of the cheapest turkey loads you can buy.... not sure it's worth spending the money of hevi unless you're planning on specfically shooting them in the eye..... :funnyturkey:
My thoughts as well. Save that money towards gas and go kill a bird with those Rem. Nitros. Good luck.
That's one of the better patterns I've seen with those shells
Not bad for sure!
All my guns shoot very well at 35 yards, but few can hold a decent pattern past that without a good choke & H-13....
mudhen
REGARDLESS of what shell you try,DITCH the turkey head targets and shoot at a target at LEAST 3'x3'....that will tell you all you need to know about your POA compared to your POI....not to mention the density of your pattern. I personally only use the bigger targets at 30yds. and beyond. Anyhow,hope it helped, and good luck!!!