Well I'm guess I'm off the band wagon and on board now, 870 3" ventilator choke, 26" barrel, mag blends new lot 112, hevi 13 3-2-6 154, long beards 3-1 3/4-6 189 and 187 really impressed with the LBXR, also patterned my wife 20 with a tru glo and Fed heavys #6 127, all patterns were at 40 yards 10" circle
Them are about normal numbers for all the loads you shoot. The Long Beards will do better in warm temps. :icon_thumright:
I just figured the mag blends would of been higher
I'm a little confused on your post. Did you get 154 with magblends or 3-2-6s?
127 with HW 6s from your wife's gun is a great pattern.
I think 187-189 with a 3"shell is pretty great numbers!!!
That is still some GREAT patterns.
Quote from: BandedSpur on March 12, 2014, 08:39:52 AM
I'm a little confused on your post. Did you get 154 with magblends or 3-2-6s?
127 with HW 6s from your wife's gun is a great pattern.
154 with hevi 6's, down a little they usually shoot in the 170's, 112 with the mag blends, thinking about trying 7's in my 12 and 7's in my wife's 20, but my goto load will be the long beards till I find something else, not looking to shoot past 40, but wanting to smash'em at 40 if need be
All those patterns will kill at 40. I would definitely try the #7 heavyweight in the 20 gauge, my son is 14 and killed 3 turkeys with a 870 , sec, # 7 combo and it has really impressed me, its deadly on a turkey, I have his patterns posted in the 20 gauge pattern pictures . I think he averages in the mid 160's but has shot as high as 190 at 40 in the 10. I tried to get him to use my 12 this year but he will have none of it.
that 127 with HW #6's out of your wife's gun will smash any bird out there