that's about at good as a 3" longbeard #6 will get in a short barrel. ive gotten anywhere from 220 to mid 230s with a 21" no forcing cone, and a 655 sumtoy. I believe my spare barrel im gonna cut down to 24" and leave the forcing cone , shoot it a few times to see if I get any pattern increase ...if it decreases which I hightly doubt, ill cut the cone out.