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Turkey Guns & Shooting => 12 ga Turkey Gun Pattern Pictures => Topic started by: savduck on March 09, 2013, 06:04:59 PM

Title: Weatherby SA08 20 gauge. 28 inch barrel
Post by: savduck on March 09, 2013, 06:04:59 PM
Did a little shooting today with my weatherby. I havent shot it since adding the pistol grip, or with a truglo SSX or with federal 6s. All my yardages are steel taped.


With Truglo SSX
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h173/dcrow77/P1010733_zps23f332c6.jpg)
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h173/dcrow77/P1010734_zps8cf65f1a.jpg)
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h173/dcrow77/P1010737_zpsa8e1bd2f.jpg)

With Sumtoy 562-5( hunted this last year. 10 round pattern in high 140s)
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h173/dcrow77/P1010735_zpsb1ec4a2b.jpg)
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h173/dcrow77/P1010736_zps372e322d.jpg)
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h173/dcrow77/P1010738_zpsaa667b48.jpg)
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h173/dcrow77/P1010739_zps36138a5b.jpg)

With pure gold
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h173/dcrow77/P1010741_zpsd101c66b.jpg)



Title: Re: Weatherby SA08 20 gauge. 28 inch barrel
Post by: mossyoakpro on March 09, 2013, 07:49:31 PM
Looking good!!  This will be my first year with a 20 and I am really enjoying this patterning stuff.....I have never gotten this serious about patterns until now.  I used to just shoot the 12 and if I had a dozen or so pellets in the head and neck I went hunting.....that has changed now!!  I am loving the 20!!

Best of luck this season!!!
Title: Re: Weatherby SA08 20 gauge. 28 inch barrel
Post by: BandedSpur on March 09, 2013, 07:59:41 PM
You've got some great patterns with the HW 7s. That's a real nice gun too. I would ditch the HW 6s and H13 7s in favor of the HW 7s. Unless not legal where you hunt, they are by far the superior load. They hit like a freight train and have tons of excess energy. All the 6s do is decrease your pattern numbers (even though they are quite good as well).
Title: Re: Weatherby SA08 20 gauge. 28 inch barrel
Post by: savduck on March 09, 2013, 08:12:40 PM
I hunt with fed 7 s. I just shot the 6s to see what they would do, and I shot the Hevi 13 to also see what it would do out of the SSX. I bought the SSX during the season last year and didn't pattern it.


I have federal 7 patterns that are lower then that pure gold fed 6 pattern. That may be the load for that choke.