To start with bird shot or not?

[RiverRoost]

Going to pattern this week. Should I start out shooting 2 3/4" dove loads at ten yards then check my ten yds adjustment with actual turkey shot?  Or start w my hunting she'll? Then check actual pattern at 40 yds once poa and poi are same?

Any other handy tips for patterning y'all have come up w over years?

[RiverRoost]

Also, how do Yall recommend quick cleaning between shots or groups of shots at the range quickly?

[wvmntnhick]

I'd start with 2-3/4 shells. No sense blowing the money on the turkey loads for nothing. Wouldn't start at 10 yards though. I'd move to at least 20 for a starting point. As for cleaning, you're asking the wrong guy. Mine gets cleaned once a year. That's it.

[dirt road ninja]

I start at 12-15 yards. Then 25 yards with dove shot. Once that's all done I clean and go to 40 with turkey loads.

[sixbird]

I use the cheap stuff until I get it in at 40. Then check with what you'll be shooting at 40, 30, 20 and 10. That way you'll know where you're hitting at all yardages...

[sixbird]

Oh, and do it off of some kind of rest that's solid...Otherwise, you'll make yourself crazy!   

[Va3toes]

I start at 20 then 30 and 40. Use dove loads to get close then switch to turkey loads. I clean my gun when turkey season is over.

[goblr77]

I start at 12-15 yards. Then 25 yards with dove shot. Once that's all done I clean and go to 40 with turkey loads.

Exactly what I do.

[wmn2]

I did the same thing. Dove loads at 15 to get my sight dialed in, then I shoot once at 20 to make sure, then move on to turkey loads. No sense wasting the money using turkey loads.