I was shooting this gun for my son to use here in PA for the youth hunt and I ran a few shells through it to check how it was shooting. It is a fixed full choke and I shot hevi #6, hevi #7, and federal HW #7 all in 3". I shot them at 30 yards just because I wasn't sure what to expect at 40. The hevi #6 only put a little over 60 in 10" at 30 for some reason. The hevi #7 put 142 in 10" at 30 and the federals put 187 in 10" at 30. I was very suprised by the federal numbers. It was a very tight pattern and the bulk of it was probably inside a 15" circle. I guess the fixed full really likes the FC wad. The gun only weight like 5 pounds and has a short little barrel on it. I was a little skeptical of it with some of the lead loads we shot from it in the past but with the #7's it is a legitimate 40 yard gun. Any idea what I would get at 40? I only have 8 federals left so I didn't want to waste another one shooting at paper. Any idea why the #6 nubers seemed so low?
I got very similar numbers out of my 870 20 ga with the Federal HW 3" #7's
RSF .570 at 40 yards: 132
RSF .570 at 30 yards: 187
I would think you would be in the upper 120's to mid 130's at 40. I would not hesitate to shoot at 40 yards. I hope this helps.
that flightcontrol wad really likes a "fixed" full choke or a standard full choke tube in guns with screw in chokes
Quote from: surehuntsalot on April 26, 2011, 09:48:58 PM
that flightcontrol wad really likes a "fixed" full choke or a standard full choke tube in guns with screw in chokes
That's a fact!
I looked at the pattern again and saw 16 holes that I didn't count the first time. That makes 203 in 10" at 30. I am still impressed with that from this little gun.
you won't go wrong with flightcontrol shells in that gun ;)