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Author Topic: 870 Longbeard XR question  (Read 7740 times)

Offline TurkeyTamer

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Re: 870 Longbeard XR question
« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2020, 11:57:28 PM »
I guess what I see is an  area on the left side that is a little open, like has some gaps.
The clean or dirty barrel question is food for thought and may help even it out.
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Offline mightyjoeyoung

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Re: 870 Longbeard XR question
« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2020, 12:26:00 PM »
Longbeards #6's at 40 yards. CVA scout 20 gauge
Looks almost blown.   Very spotty with a weird hot core. Clean or dirty bbl?
It's not blown, that's a 9" circle. There ain't many lead #6's in that load anyway. That's actually a tight pattern. Most of the shot us in that circle.

Yes it does and it is spotty.  Idk what you're looking at, but that pattern is situated left to right and has some good sized gaps.  A pattern that isnt round is blown, either from the choke or the load.  Likely from the load as I ran the LB 6d and 5s through 3 different 20s and probably 12 chokes last year and never got a consistent pattern through ANY of them.  The 12 gauge loads were MUCH more consistent and had clear core and peripheral pattern densities.   Look again...
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Offline Ihuntoldschool

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Re: 870 Longbeard XR question
« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2022, 06:19:56 PM »
Your pattern will fail before penetration.
20 Gauge won't achieve as much penetration as 12 but nonetheless it's pattern that will fail you first.