Hey Guys,
Well it was finally a beautiful day in Georgia so I got out to do a little pattern testing. I really like what I saw out of the #9 TSS loads today. This is what I'll be shooting come opening day in a few weeks. I also did a penetration test at 40 yards with a piece of .010" Galvanized roof flashing. 100% of the pellets passed through no problem. I did this test last year and today with Longbeard XR #6 where only 5 or 6 pellets actually passed through(the others just left a dent).
Winchester SX3 20ga Long Beard
Burris Fastfire 3 red dot
Choke-Carlsons Longbeard XR (.568) and Patternmaster Code Black Turkey (.565)
Federal TSS #9
looks good , go get em
My son and I each have a x3-long beard. Our 20 yd patterns look like yours, now our 40's are no doubt considerable better. I'm shooting a .585 truelock and he a .555 indian creek. Our 40's are 320-350ish with the remaining in the 20" circle. We are shooting hand loaded 1 /58 and 2 oz loads though. Are the Federal loads just 1 1/2 oz ?
Yep, The Federals are 1 1/2 OZ.
That Longbeard choke is throwing a pretty pattern. The Code Black is way too tight for the areas I hunt-but it may work well for you.
Either way, looks like you're good to go! Best of luck this season!
My WIN. SX3 Long Beard w/ an IC .555 just flat out smashes the turkey's head with TSS #9. You can barely see the outline of the head !!!
Very nice. Did you get a pellet count on the 40?
No I didn't count pellets.
I bought the SX3 last year and have been working on my setup. I'm hand loading 1 5/8oz Tss #9s and getting the best results with a Carlson TSS .565 choke. Attached is my 50 yard pattern from last night, Numbers of 192/172
50 yard pattern on left, 40 yard on the right. I'm very happy with the results and not going to change anything with the setup at this point.
I wouldn't change it either. Those are good looking patterns at 40 and 50. Good luck this season.
First bird with sx3 using hand rolled TSS #9s Paper patterns backed up by the real deal.
Squid, that's a Beautiful bird. Congrats!
Thanks, probably one of the best looking rio's I've ever killed.
fullfan ; how did the sx3 handle the 2 oz loads I shoot them threw my 870 20ga but I wanting to try them in my sx3 20ga thanks
Fullfan ; how did the sx3 handle the 2oz loads ? I shoot the 2oz threw my 870 20ga but I want to try them threw my sx3 20ga
Quote from: Ohiohunter88 on May 09, 2020, 11:04:16 AM
Fullfan ; how did the sx3 handle the 2oz loads ? I shoot the 2oz threw my 870 20ga but I want to try them threw my sx3 20ga
They did fine, the recoil was a lil stout. I can not see a huge improvement in the core of the pattern, just seems to even out with more hits in the 20". We still shooting the 1 5/8oz loads. Chokes were the Indian creek .555 and the truelock .585
Looking for an sx3 20 ga longbeard
If you know any for sale
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