NEF Youth 20 ga - Very Suprised

[Extremesolo]

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?

[gophert]

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. 

[surehuntsalot]

that flightcontrol wad really likes a "fixed" full choke or a standard full choke tube in guns with screw in chokes

[dawei]

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!

[Extremesolo]

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.

[surehuntsalot]

you won't go wrong with flightcontrol shells in that gun