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Turkey Guns & Shooting => 20 Gauge Turkey Gun Pattern Pictures => Topic started by: brandonmacd1 on March 21, 2013, 07:06:06 PM

Title: 870 youth 20 gauge. Good or bad?
Post by: brandonmacd1 on March 21, 2013, 07:06:06 PM
870 youth 20 gauge 21" barrel
hevi 13 #7's with a SSX choke
148 in a 10 " circle at 38 yard (that's as far as I could get)
What do you guys think?
Title: Re: 870 youth 20 gauge. Good or bad?
Post by: FullChoke on March 21, 2013, 08:25:36 PM
Great numbers, a little patchy, but it will kill a bird any day.

Maybe a deep cleaning of the the barrel would help, if you have not done so already.

FC
Title: Re: 870 youth 20 gauge. Good or bad?
Post by: BandedSpur on March 22, 2013, 12:07:47 AM
Agreed, it is a bit patchy. But I don't see a turkey surviving that at 40 yds.
Title: Re: 870 youth 20 gauge. Good or bad?
Post by: surehuntsalot on March 24, 2013, 10:44:43 PM
all I see are dead turkeys
Title: Re: 870 youth 20 gauge. Good or bad?
Post by: savduck on March 25, 2013, 11:00:46 AM
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Title: Re: 870 youth 20 gauge. Good or bad?
Post by: captin_hook on March 25, 2013, 02:31:55 PM
Good to go.
Title: Re: 870 youth 20 gauge. Good or bad?
Post by: gophert on March 26, 2013, 01:06:24 PM
Quote from: FullChoke on March 21, 2013, 08:25:36 PM
Great numbers, a little patchy, but it will kill a bird any day.

Maybe a deep cleaning of the the barrel would help, if you have not done so already.

FC

Although good numbers, I am going to have to agree with FC.  It looks like it is overchoked and blowing the pattern.  That is the classic look where you have bunches of shot together then noticeable holes.  That is the problem with the SSX .550.  For some people it shoots great and some not so much.  Heck, in my gun it would look good one shot and the next it would be terrible.  It will kill turkeys, but the SSX is just not a consistent thrower of a good pattern IMO.  I do suggest people to try it because it is so cheap, but it's not always a good value for everyone.  If you step up to a good quality choke like Indian creek or Sumtoy, you will see good even patterns and they will shoot the same every time.