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Started by Big Treble, January 19, 2015, 09:14:03 AM
Quote from: dirt road ninja on January 19, 2015, 02:33:29 PMFor what it's worth this is what I do. Start with cheap 2 3/4" 6,7,8, or whatever you have on hand that's cheap and lead. At 15-20 yards "sight in''. Once your doped in @ 20 yards, shoot the same shells at 40 yards. My pattern is centered @ 40 if I did a good job at 20. Make any adjustments necessary to center that pattern. Then I clean my gun. Once clean, I run a shell that I plan on hunting with down the pipe and make any adjustments needed (I seldom have too). Repeat until your confident in the rig. Now on to the second part of your question. In my experience, a good centered pattern at 40 will be good from 5 yards to 50 yards. Some where between 50 and 55 yards I noticed a drop in the center of my pattern. I'm sure somebody with more "long range " experience using a shot gun can help more, but 55 yards is as far as I've ever tried on paper and I've only shot 60 yards once at a coke can on a stick. It had holes in it for what that's worth. Keep in mind, I did this as exercise to simply know my shotgun better, I wanted to know my MPBR for what people consider an ethical hunting pattern.