Franchi Affinity - Which Pattern are you Hunting

[ArMtnHntr]

Curious to see what others think, which pattern would you hunt?   Gun is an Affinity compact, 24" barrel and adult stock.   Shooting factory bead (and I prefer to keep it that way), POI with Carlson is about 1-1/2" left, and with the Jebs is about 1-1/2" low, or it could be the guy behind the gun .   20 yd patterns are nearly identical. 


Jebs .570,  Apex 1-5/8 oz  #8.5,  273 in 10",  154 in 20"



Carlson .575, Apex 1-5/8 oz #9,  297 in 10",  187 in 20"

[Curtdawg88]

Looks like a coin toss to me... Especially since the pattern with less hits is larger shot size therefore less pellets. Both great looking patterns!


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[CALLM2U]

Both patterns look good.  I'd probably go with the 9s due to getting more pellets.   Don't think you can go wrong either way though. 

[MattBordas]

Can't make a bad decision between those two. Personally I would go with the 8.5s not as strong number wise but the pattern is a lot more even and to me that's number 1!

[BandedSpur]

I hate to ever make a choke/shell/patterning decision based on one shot each. But if those patterns are representative, I would hunt the 9s. They have plenty of horsepower for turkeys to ridiculous ranges. The 10" circle is saturated with either load. The advantage of the 9 load is that it puts more in the 10-20" circle (187 vs 154). More pellets in the 10-20 equals wiggle room.