I was finally able to pattern a few guns. Learned a few things too I need to give myself more time and patterning 3 shotguns and 1 firearm was a bit ambitious. So the guns I patterned were all deep cleaned and polished. All ranges were laser verified and shot off shooting sticks. Shots were on a HS strut turkey target which is a 11"x11" square with a 7" circle. Numbers are on the paper and in the circle.
Remington 870 20 gauge 26" barrel promos tight wad
Winchester longbeard XR 6's 40 yards 128 on paper and 61 inside circle
20 yards 193 on paper and 92 in circle seems to shoot a bit low
Federal tss 9's 40 yards 192 on paper 45 in circle shoots low left
Remington 870 youth 21" barrel full choke (my sons gun)
Winchester longbeard XR 6's 73 on paper 30 in circle
20 yards 187 on paper 89 in circle
Federal tss 9's 40 yards 172 on paper 84 in circle
20 yards I think I actually threw away the target but it was basically all on the 11x11 target
Remington 870 12 gauge 26" barrel primos jelly head .660
Federal turkey thug 6's 125 on paper 46 in circle
Remington 870 tac14 14" barrel cylinder choke
Remington 1 1/8 7.5 15 yards 175 on paper 86 in circle (this was just for fun also not shot off sticks)
I think the longbeard will do just fine in my 26" gun and should be good to about 30 in my sons gun. The tss gave a good pattern with the full choke at 40 yards but it's a little tighter than I would like at 20 yards but useable. Next year I think some saddle mounts and red dots for the 20 gauges and starting a bit earlier.
