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Turkey Guns & Shooting => 12 ga Benelli pattern pictures => Topic started by: RossAnderson on March 10, 2019, 08:36:01 PM

Title: 12 ga Benelli M2 26” Barrel-Sumtoy .650-3” Hevi 13 #7’s
Post by: RossAnderson on March 10, 2019, 08:36:01 PM
Finally got some good weather for a day to try out the Sumtoy choke and some hevi-13 #7's. Seen this combo from a member on here (Cut N Run). Mine didn't turn out as good as his but I'm still impressed with it. 305 hits in a 10" circle. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190311/5b44460ab88f9725495fe840c224b9e2.jpg)



-Ross
Title: Re: 12 ga Benelli M2 26” Barrel-Sumtoy .650-3” Hevi 13 #7’s
Post by: rdjustham on March 11, 2019, 10:07:33 AM
Im shooting the same choke/shell combo in my SBE2 and I did notice that my gun likes to be dirty.  My pattern tightened up a good deal after a couple shots sighting in my red dot.
Title: Re: 12 ga Benelli M2 26” Barrel-Sumtoy .650-3” Hevi 13 #7’s
Post by: RossAnderson on March 11, 2019, 11:23:42 AM
Quote from: rdjustham on March 11, 2019, 10:07:33 AM
Im shooting the same choke/shell combo in my SBE2 and I did notice that my gun likes to be dirty.  My pattern tightened up a good deal after a couple shots sighting in my red dot.

I'm glad you mentioned that. That was with a clean barrel.


-Ross
Title: Re: 12 ga Benelli M2 26” Barrel-Sumtoy .650-3” Hevi 13 #7’s
Post by: rdjustham on March 11, 2019, 04:12:19 PM
Ive read a couple threads on here, where people talk about deep cleaning the barrel.  I deep cleaned it right out of the box, ran i cant even tell you how many dry patches, alcohol etc down the barrel, mounted the sights and hit the range.  The first couple were ehhh.  At about shot 3 or four was when i was impressed.  Now i just run a couple patches through it when i get home from shooting and call it good.
Title: Re: 12 ga Benelli M2 26” Barrel-Sumtoy .650-3” Hevi 13 #7’s
Post by: Cut N Run on March 17, 2019, 10:59:58 PM
Mine definitely shoots better dirty.  Good looking pattern you've got going.  Dead bird all day.

I've shot other lot numbers and they didn't perform quite as well as the ones I posted.  They'll all kill birds though.

Good luck this year.

Jim
Title: Re: 12 ga Benelli M2 26” Barrel-Sumtoy .650-3” Hevi 13 #7’s
Post by: the Ward on March 20, 2019, 10:54:20 AM
That looks like a real nice pattern, even and dense. I predict many  turkey dinners in your future.
Title: Re: 12 ga Benelli M2 26” Barrel-Sumtoy .650-3” Hevi 13 #7’s
Post by: 1iagobblergetter on March 20, 2019, 10:25:58 PM
Looks great.