Hevi Mag blend or straight 7's

[booth]

Just thought I would share some interesting info hot off the press regarding Mag-Blends. My gun is at Rob Roberts and Jonathon just called me with my results. I have an original SBE with an Eotech XPS-2. He tried every load/choke combination and ended up going with the Mag-Blends. He got 200 in the 10" circle and 387 in the 20". This is about a 100% improvement over my old jellyhead. I asked why not go straight 7's in the Hevi's as I figured just like several folks here that more pellets = more holes in a turkey's head. He stated that the straight were not only less counts, but several holes in the pattern. He said it wasn't close. I totally believe people that claim that straight 7's work extremely well for them. I am just stating that you should try both to find out. You cannot assume that what works well for one person will translate to the same results for you, nor can you assume that more pellets always = better patterns. It just isn't the case.

Hope this helps!

Well he lied to you is all I will say.  That is bogus.  And I will leave it at that.  I got 2 turkey guns and I doubt very seriously if Rob could get them to shoot any better.  And I'm not shooting Magblends either.  You can pass this on to Rob if you wish.  I would love for him to tell me this with my patterns of Hevi-13 #7's. 

Oh and my 20" patterns from the 870 3" are right around 470 and the 835 with the 3.5" load are right around 540 in the 20".  Now ask Rob why that is if there are too many holes with 7's.  I still can't believe he told a customer that.

Reading comprehension is your friend!!  He was talking about the performance of the 7s vs Magblends in his SBE.  You sure you don't want to pull out the pattern pictures while you are dropping all the paper punching #s.

[busta biggun]

Hi spaightlabs, he didn't tell me which constriction he used. I haven't gotten the full report, I just talked to him on the phone. It was one of their non-ported final strut tubes. I will post the results when I get them back if it's ok with ilikehevi-13!

01Foreman400, I got the action polished, the pattern work, and a trigger job. I had the forcing cone lengthened and ported a long time ago, so he isn't doing that.

[cajunhunter]

Just thought I would share some interesting info hot off the press regarding Mag-Blends. My gun is at Rob Roberts and Jonathon just called me with my results. I have an original SBE with an Eotech XPS-2. He tried every load/choke combination and ended up going with the Mag-Blends. He got 200 in the 10" circle and 387 in the 20". This is about a 100% improvement over my old jellyhead. I asked why not go straight 7's in the Hevi's as I figured just like several folks here that more pellets = more holes in a turkey's head. He stated that the straight were not only less counts, but several holes in the pattern. He said it wasn't close. I totally believe people that claim that straight 7's work extremely well for them. I am just stating that you should try both to find out. You cannot assume that what works well for one person will translate to the same results for you, nor can you assume that more pellets always = better patterns. It just isn't the case.

Hope this helps!

Well he lied to you is all I will say.  That is bogus.  And I will leave it at that.  I got 2 turkey guns and I doubt very seriously if Rob could get them to shoot any better.  And I'm not shooting Magblends either.  You can pass this on to Rob if you wish.  I would love for him to tell me this with my patterns of Hevi-13 #7's. 

Oh and my 20" patterns from the 870 3" are right around 470 and the 835 with the 3.5" load are right around 540 in the 20".  Now ask Rob why that is if there are too many holes with 7's.  I still can't believe he told a customer that.

I think he meant holes with his gun shooting the 7s not that the 7s have holes.

[ILIKEHEVI-13]

And even though this may sound outrageous to you, I actually told you on the lower end.   This was my 870 3" 2oz load of Hevi-13 #7's at a tape measured 40yds.  I figured I would at least show it to you.  MAD Super Max .675 choke



And here's the 835 and I told you on the low end as well.  Hevi-13 3.5" 2.25oz #7's Star Dot .676



Those patterns are repeatable at around 70 degrees. 

[busta biggun]

Why should I apologize if you are being misled?  I stand by what I said.  Any turkey barrel that is a good one will in fact shoot the 7's better vs the MagBlends and make a denser pattern in a 20" circle at 40yds regardless who told you different if you find a decent choke.  And from what I have seen and people I know and trust has told me with their patterns and the ones I have seen shot from other guns it isn't hard to do with Hevi-13 #7's whether it be 2oz or 2.25oz loads.  That is why in fact so many people are making the switch to get denser 10" and 20" patterns at whatever the distance your talking about with less holes in the pattern if truth be told.

I need to stop conversing with people who act like you before I lower myself to your level. You are a waste of my time and people like you are the reason I post here less and less each year.

It seems you missed your calling. Instead of investing in high-tech equipment and years and years of experience doing this every day of your life, these guys at Rob Roberts just need to call you and you can recommend hevi-13 #7's because that is the answer to every patterning question. Well done.

[Old Gobbler]

Is it turkey season yet? 

lets try and be level headed about all of this and not get upset about small stuff like this - look at it from the big perspective


I remember years and years ago all the troublemakers would converge on any controversy and blow it out of proportion , making it a 13 page thread - lets try and be good people about this - also please do not publicly drag another persons company through the mud in a public manner , thats not cool  --thank you --Shannon

[ILIKEHEVI-13]

Your right Shannon.  I apologize to you and to those that I offended.  I will fix my post. 

Brad

[ILIKEHEVI-13]

Ok I deleted some of my offensive posts. 

Busta biggun,

Sorry I ruffled your feathers. 

Good luck with your season. 

Shannon,

I'm sorry I let you down.  I will do my best to do better. 

Brad

[Old Gobbler]

Alright guys , looks like things are cool now

I think as a internet community we are all ...getting along ...moving along ...as a common goal  , and that is when put the bead on a gobbler and pull the trigger he goes down for the count

I will go out on a limb and make a claim that Turkey Hunters are most likely the most serious and dedicated when it comes to shotgun pattern performance out of any hunting group , we recognize the importance of a shotgun that shoots true and hard

--Shannon   

[01Foreman400]

I will go out on a limb and make a claim that Turkey Hunters are most likely the most serious and dedicated when it comes to shotgun pattern performance out of any hunting group , we recognize the importance of a shotgun that shoots true and hard

--Shannon

No doubt about that!