Ok Pattern Pros tell me what you think...

[okiegobblers]

870 express with Remington Ventilator .655 choke. Using Win HV #6 3in. Shooting at 30 yds I got the pattern shown with about 100 hits in the circle. At 40 it dropped to half of that.
Also I'm using open sights and had to aim at the top of the head to get a decent spread. A majority of the holes are still on the lower

left side.

[tyelper]

dead bird for lead this is the same set up i use, but i shoot the winchester superx 3'' x1 7/8x 5

[okiegobblers]

dead bird for lead this is the same set up i use, but i shoot the winchester superx 3'' x1 7/8x 5

That's good to know. However, since most on here seem to be talking about the 40 yard shot, should I be trying something different to extend my range?

[surehuntsalot]

first thing you need to do is shoot at a big piece of paper to see where the densest part of the pattern is in reference to your poa

[MS Hntr]

first thing you need to do is shoot at a big piece of paper to see where the densest part of the pattern is in reference to your poa

X2. You need to shoot a bigger paper to get the full pattern. I have shot win hv 5 with a rem super full and a Hastings .660 and both gave killing patterns at 40 with an 11-87.

[coyotetrpr]

dead bird for lead this is the same set up i use, but i shoot the winchester superx 3'' x1 7/8x 5

That's good to know. However, since most on here seem to be talking about the 40 yard shot, should I be trying something different to extend my range?

That depends on wether or not you are going to shoot at 40 yards.

[MERCing]

That combo is working fine at 30 yds. Center the densest part and it looks ike it should be good even out to 35 yds .

[okiegobblers]

Thanks guys! I'm going to pattern on a poster board and see what it looks like.
I'm pretty sure that 30-35 yds will be the max range for this setup.

[nyhunter]

Thanks guys! I'm going to pattern on a poster board and see what it looks like.
I'm pretty sure that 30-35 yds will be the max range for this setup.

Deep clean it first then shoot it at 40, I think you'll be surprised. Is that a 10" circle? It looks small. If your numbers are still lower than you'd like try the Win.xx 3" #6's "red shell"

[Javi]

  dead bird.

[Longshanks]

dead bird for lead this is the same set up i use, but i shoot the winchester superx 3'' x1 7/8x 5

That's good to know. However, since most on here seem to be talking about the 40 yard shot, should I be trying something different to extend my range?

I think I might experiment some more..polish, deep clean. Try the 3/1 7/8 /6's and 3/2/6's in Winchester.

I'm turning 120-130 @ 40 with rem 870/kicks .655 with both of the loads I mentioned.

Run some Hevi 3/2/7's through there and you may be shocked )