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Turkey Guns & Shooting => 12 ga Turkey Gun Pattern Pictures => Topic started by: DETJR on March 19, 2017, 05:57:33 PM

Title: Viper G2 Final Analysis
Post by: DETJR on March 19, 2017, 05:57:33 PM
40 yds. Long Beard #6 with Carlson choke .665 Constriction.
121 pellets in 9 inch circle
46 pellets in neck

What do you think?
Title: Re: Viper G2 Final Analysis
Post by: Coop1082 on March 20, 2017, 05:30:39 PM
Dead turkey! That being said it's a little sparce and splotchy on the left side, but it does look like the center of the pattern is a bit right. I know it's a small piece of paper, but did you shoot with a larger backing surface to see the full extent of the pattern? For what it's worth I started with a Carlson's LongBeard XR choke out of my new browning BPS and while it threw great numbers on paper, it wasn't too sporty for the woods. A lot of pellet clumps with a good number of gaps, but the best "paper" numbers in a 10" I tested. Just didn't suit what I was looking for.
Title: Re: Viper G2 Final Analysis
Post by: DETJR on March 20, 2017, 09:11:59 PM
I posted the worst of the 2 shots fired just to get objective opinions. I knew I pulled a little to the right when I fired. I had been shooting alot of rounds with different load combinations, with a bad shoulder. This pic is the first one I fired with the LB 6's and I believe was held as true as I can achieve. Also, check out what was moving around yesterday afternoon in SE GA. Don't have a youth hunter to take anymore or he would be a dead bird.

127 in 9" 55 in kill zone. More uniformed pattern.