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Turkey Guns & Shooting => 12 ga Winchester turkey gun patterns => Topic started by: esox5 on April 20, 2015, 08:07:12 PM

Title: My pattern Win Sxp with LB
Post by: esox5 on April 20, 2015, 08:07:12 PM
Carlson LB Choke on Winchester SXP scoped 3.5"

Distance of 45 meters

Left is LB 5 middle is LB 4 and right is Rem nitro turkey 5

I'm sticking with the LB 5s
Title: Re: My pattern Win Sxp with LB
Post by: popapi1 on April 20, 2015, 10:44:54 PM
The LBs are doing it!
Title: My pattern Win Sxp with LB
Post by: Tennessee Lead on April 20, 2015, 11:17:20 PM
Made a believer out of me this year.


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Title: Re: My pattern Win Sxp with LB
Post by: popapi1 on April 21, 2015, 12:03:05 AM
Me too 59 steps DEAD turkey!
(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j250/popapi/111_zps4eix3ooz.jpg) (http://s82.photobucket.com/user/popapi/media/111_zps4eix3ooz.jpg.html)
Title: Re: My pattern Win Sxp with LB
Post by: catclr on April 21, 2015, 09:29:29 AM
You have dead turkeys with the LB #5 & #4. But maybe if you have time you should try the 3" loads, and do it at 40yds., not close to 50, as your posted pictures.

Remember, just because your gun can shoot 3 1/2" loads, doesn't mean it likes them!
Title: Re: My pattern Win Sxp with LB
Post by: learn2hide on April 23, 2015, 10:41:52 PM
Good work, the LB's certainly will do the trick...as others have said patterning at 40 yards gives you a better comparison and any shot past that is fairly risky....just because your gun and combo seems capable of it, it's dangerous to encourage it cause many combos and many hunters can't make that shot.  It's the only thing that ticks me off about the Winchester LongBeard XR marketing, they are literally telling people that they have killing patterns out to 50-60-70 yards, afraid we might have a bunch of wounded turkeys when people start taking those shots...Either way, good luck to you and congrats on the success
Title: Re: My pattern Win Sxp with LB
Post by: DirtNap647 on April 24, 2015, 05:21:57 AM
nothing risky with those patterns :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: My pattern Win Sxp with LB
Post by: esox5 on June 03, 2015, 02:13:47 PM
They did the trick. Used 4s. First was a Tom at 50 yards, head snapped back and dead right there. Second was a Jake at less than 4 yards, dead right there. 

Using a scope helps tremendously with centering the patterning. The close shot I had to compensate for scope height.

http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php/topic,56656.0.html

Awesome bird Popapi1