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Author Topic: 870 SM Hevi-shot & Fed. TSS  (Read 2058 times)

Offline jwright8

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870 SM Hevi-shot & Fed. TSS
« on: February 21, 2021, 05:55:41 PM »
Snow finally melted to do some patterning.

Left- federal tss 3” #9, 40 yards

Middle- 3.5” hevi shot mag. Blend 5,6,7 40 yards
 
Right- 3.5” hevi shot mag blend 5,6,7 20 yards

I probably differ from lots of guys in here as I absolutely hate a baseball sized pattern at 20 yards. That’s the reason for most of the turkeys I’ve missed. So I may very well hunt with the magnum blend because it’s a little more open than most at close distances, but still produce well at 40
 


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Re: 870 SM Hevi-shot & Fed. TSS
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2021, 03:01:54 PM »
The 9's look good! And will probably have a better pattern at 20 then the Mag Blends.
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Re: 870 SM Hevi-shot & Fed. TSS
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2021, 05:43:13 PM »
The 9's look good! And will probably have a better pattern at 20 then the Mag Blends.
Probably so. I only had a few and didn’t want to shoot anymore than I had to for now. But I found some in stock so I may shoot one up close to see how it does.


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