Has anyone tryed this combo. I tryed the long beard XR with good results. Have some Honrady heavy magnum #5 and some federal mag-shock #5. Also have some heavy shot #5 I shot out of my stoeger last year, I wanna try. Anyone have any suggestions or comments?
From my experience I would use the Hornady for squirrels or rabbits.....things arent worth a hoot for turkey loads.If you get good results with the Longbeards i'd stay with those.
^this^ Those Hornady turkey shells are without a doubt the worst loads I've ever tried.
Before I started using the HTL stuff, I had great results out of my GT 665 with Win XX #5's
I would still not hesitate to use them again if I had to...
everyone is right those hornady's were by far the worst. Believe it or not the cheap federal mag-shok shock 2oz #5 were by far the best pattern I have found my new load with this combo.
I just purchased a Kicks .665 for my backup Mossberg 500. Kicks are the only chokes I shoot so you got a good choke. I have yet to see one not pattern good with the right shell. As others have said I wouldn't think the Hornady would throw any great numbers.
I would'nt even shoot the Hornady shells at squirrels.
Quote from: cahaba on February 28, 2014, 07:48:18 PM
I just purchased a Kicks .665 for my backup Mossberg 500. Kicks are the only chokes I shoot so you got a good choke. I have yet to see one not pattern good with the right shell. As others have said I wouldn't think the Hornady would throw any great numbers.
What shells have you had luck with, with that combo? Have you experimented much with your back up 500?
Here is a fifty yard pattern with the same set up that you're asking about. Sure, it can be bd better, but this pattern has dead bird all over it.
I was shooting the Hevi 13 mag blend.
(http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu230/creekrocket/IMG_20130307_191908_zps2e719b5d.jpg) (http://s650.photobucket.com/user/creekrocket/media/IMG_20130307_191908_zps2e719b5d.jpg.html)
I haven't patterned mine yet. This coming week I will know more.
Quote from: Doug Lewis on March 01, 2014, 07:20:11 AM
Here is a fifty yard pattern with the same set up that you're asking about. Sure, it can be bd better, but this pattern has dead bird all over it.
I was shooting the Hevi 13 mag blend.
(http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu230/creekrocket/IMG_20130307_191908_zps2e719b5d.jpg) (http://s650.photobucket.com/user/creekrocket/media/IMG_20130307_191908_zps2e719b5d.jpg.html)
At fifty yards that looks good to me I was worried about shooting heavy shot out of that choke with it being ported and the flight control wad. Doesn't look like it affected it there.