I patterned my gun yesterday with federal mag shok flight control wads and its purty dang good this is at 40 yard out of my mossberg 835 and a kicks 660 choke. I got 140 on paper (this is a turkey target just turned over so you can see the holes) with 40 pellets somewhere in the turkeys head neck area. My shot was about 3-4 in high. With the shot being that high and a little to the left i think if point of impact being lower i would have gotten closer to 200 on paper because the densest part of my pattern was almost cut IN HALF. Had i been 3 inches lower i would have cut out about 20 shot but added that much more of my more dense part of the pattern and i think "numbers would have been ALOT better.This by the way is an 11x8 piece of paper that i copied the turkey target to it is NOT a standard size turkey target you buy in store. DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A NUMBERS GUY AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE COUNTED NUMBERS ON THE WHOLE PATTERN I USUALLY JUST COUNT SHOT IN BIRDS HEAD!
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Looks real good for #5's
That is an awesome #5 pattern.
That is by far the tightest choke I have ever heard of in an 835. Is that their card shooter?
what do you guys think would happen if i was to go to a 670 choke in this gun because from what i read they are the recomended choke for 835 this is really the best shooting lead shell i have found with winchester HV #5 coming in second with 100 on paper and 37 in turkeys head i feel like that could improve but im not sure had to run and count the other target lol
Quote from: Tom Foolery on February 23, 2012, 10:14:46 AM
That is by far the tightest choke I have ever heard of in an 835. Is that their card shooter?
I think so im thinking of trying a 670 or 680 to get better patterns out of other lead
now thats putting some #5s in there :icon_thumright:
I've got excellent patterns out of a Kicks .680 with 5's.... which kinda surprised me to be honest. But the 680 actually shot everything very well in the Win HV's.
Quote from: Tom Foolery on February 23, 2012, 10:14:46 AM
That is by far the tightest choke I have ever heard of in an 835.
:agreed: I with this guy on that.
great looking pattern,especially with lead #5's