I have shot both just wanting to see which is used most? Might play with these again I have 9 different chokes for rem. I'm shooting longbeards this year but like to mess with patterning
I have a couple of boxes of the Red 3" 2oz #6's .....Those do somewhere around 135-145 in the 10" @ 40 for me. I really like that load too!!!
I have some of my chokes listed in pattern section under 11-87 bunch of chokes. I wonder which choke would do best with these in #5 and #6
As Forrest Gump would say,my old 1100 3" magnum and the (red) XX magnum shells are like peas and carrots.
Better patterns out of Win XX 3/2/6's than the HV 3/ 1 3/4/ 6's. More shot and a little slower velocity seems to make for tighter patterns out of my guns. Killed allot of turkey's with the Win Super-X 3/ 1 7/8 / 6's. Close 2nd, red shell as well.
I've killed alot of birds with the HV shells, but I always liked the idea of trying the old red double-x loads out of curiousty.
I get better patterns out of the cheap Graybox shells (3-1&7/8-6) than with the HV or XX shell (26" 1187)
Quote from: BandedSpur on February 12, 2014, 09:29:44 AM
I get better patterns out of the cheap Graybox shells (3-1&7/8-6) than with the HV or XX shell (26" 1187)
Hard to beat the performance/ price of those Win Super X. For 9.99, it's about the best bang for the buck when it comes to Winchester lead.
My brother and I have tried both. He shoots a Browning Maxus 28" barrel with a kick's choke and his gun likes the red shells better. I shoot a 20 inch Remington supermag with a kick's .665 choke and my gun likes the black shells best. We both get about 100 pellets in 10 in circle at 40 yards, I cant wait to try the new long beard loads.
Quote from: Ky Gobbler on February 12, 2014, 04:11:09 PM
My brother and I have tried both. He shoots a Browning Maxus 28" barrel with a kick's choke and his gun likes the red shells better. I shoot a 20 inch Remington supermag with a kick's .665 choke and my gun likes the black shells best. We both get about 100 pellets in 10 in circle at 40 yards, I cant wait to try the new long beard loads.
You will like the patterns of longbeards