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Turkey Guns & Shooting => 12 ga Winchester turkey gun patterns => Topic started by: MBC on March 20, 2015, 10:30:10 PM

Title: Patterned my SX3 20 gauge at 40 yards today
Post by: MBC on March 20, 2015, 10:30:10 PM
The lower left seems to be the best at 100 pellets and 26 on the head/neck area. Remington Nitro Mag 3" #5. The Turkey Thugs in the upper left is pretty good too. The upper right is the $4 per round Federal Premium low recoil 7's. The lower right is Winchester XX 3" #5's. Won't buy the expensive ones again, didn't help. Pretty good for a 20 though, eh?
Title: Re: Patterned my SX3 20 gauge at 40 yards today
Post by: MBC on March 20, 2015, 10:38:46 PM
3.2 meg is too big? It's only one picture
Title: Re: Patterned my SX3 20 gauge at 40 yards today
Post by: SKFOOTER on March 20, 2015, 11:12:34 PM
Get you a Sumtoy .562-5 or a Trulock .570 Heavyweight choke tube and shoot the 3" Federal 1.5 ounce Heavyweight 7's.  You'll get 150+ all day long in the 10" @ 40 yards.  I have the same SX3 that you do and I'm shooting these combinations.
Title: Re: Patterned my SX3 20 gauge at 40 yards today
Post by: MBC on March 21, 2015, 12:11:16 PM
Wow that is a big improvement! Maybe too tight for 15 yds and under?
Title: Re: Patterned my SX3 20 gauge at 40 yards today
Post by: mathews bowhunter on March 21, 2015, 08:11:34 PM
Quote from: SKFOOTER on March 20, 2015, 11:12:34 PM
Get you a Sumtoy .562-5 or a Trulock .570 Heavyweight choke tube and shoot the 3" Federal 1.5 ounce Heavyweight 7's.  You'll get 150+ all day long in the 10" @ 40 yards.  I have the same SX3 that you do and I'm shooting these combinations.

I thought that I would see those numbers outta my rem 870 with the sumtoy and Fed hw 7. Shot 3 boxes and never broke 126. Number 6 shot the same as the 7s. Think I got a best of 124 with them. So I went to tss.
Title: Re: Patterned my SX3 20 gauge at 40 yards today
Post by: SumToy on March 22, 2015, 01:32:55 PM
Quote from: mathews bowhunter on March 21, 2015, 08:11:34 PM
Quote from: SKFOOTER on March 20, 2015, 11:12:34 PM
Get you a Sumtoy .562-5 or a Trulock .570 Heavyweight choke tube and shoot the 3" Federal 1.5 ounce Heavyweight 7's.  You'll get 150+ all day long in the 10" @ 40 yards.  I have the same SX3 that you do and I'm shooting these combinations.

I thought that I would see those numbers outta my rem 870 with the sumtoy and Fed hw 7. Shot 3 boxes and never broke 126. Number 6 shot the same as the 7s. Think I got a best of 124 with them. So I went to tss.


You know this is one of the sad things with the Federal shells.  I know it was the V or U lot numbers was bad.
Title: Re: Patterned my SX3 20 gauge at 40 yards today
Post by: SKFOOTER on March 22, 2015, 08:19:59 PM
We need to figure out which Lot was bad, William. :OGturkeyhead:
Title: Re: Patterned my SX3 20 gauge at 40 yards today
Post by: MBC on March 24, 2015, 10:08:20 PM
Here she is! With the Extra Full choke at 40 yds, various loads
Title: Re: Patterned my SX3 20 gauge at 40 yards today
Post by: MBC on March 24, 2015, 10:09:11 PM
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