Pattern results from modified SBEII (pics)

[turkeytromp]

Finally I received my gun back from getting some upgrades and tuning and Took it out for the first set of patterning tests thursday 3/17 and the results to me are stunning compaired to last year.
I'm going with Hevi13 3-1/2" 2-1/4 oz #7's this year and will probably stick with this load from hear on out.
I have included a pic of the results after zeroing my new truglo red dot halo turkey scope. I had the scope and rail installed and bore sighted to start with, Trigger job with 3 lb. spring, forcing cone lengthened along with a cream polish of the barrel and polished out action, heavy recoil comfortec spring, 6 oz weight added to front of forearm and a Hevi Shot .668 choke.

40 yards tape measured from end of benched barrel to face of target, 65 degrees slight breeze, Barrel & choke was cleaned after all shots fired. totaling 373 hits in the 10" circle. I also will be testing this at 20 and 30 yards hopefully next weekend when weather permits.

[Tom Foolery]

WOW!             



Who did the work for you?

[cannonball]

  That's a nice pattern.

[Hognutz]

That is a great pattern. Your money was well spent..Well done..Mike

[allaboutshooting]

Congratulations. I'd say you're ready for any turkey this spring.

Thanks,
Clark

[redleg06]

That's impressive man.  I'd say you're ready to roll a few

[turkeytromp]

Thanks folks, I have been messing with this gun since I purchased it new last spring and I think I am coming to the conclusion of dialing it in to my likings. I did not have any problems killing birds with my last years setup but it's now a totally soft & pleasant shooter that I would never would have believed.
I will post some more of my turkey loads testing at 20-30 yards within the next week or as soon as the weather permits here.

Pictured below is one of my targets that I was using to zero the scope in and this is one of my hand loads that I use only for crow blind hunting and is a  2-3/4 1-1/8oz lead #6's @ 1200FPS 40 yards looked like this...yeh not so much of an even pattern but it got me close to start with the 3-1/2" hevi's and really this load and pattern I would have confidence in killing a turkey out to 40 I do believe.
So I had a feeling the hevi13 3-1/2"#7 turkey loads would be devastating.

[bowhunter84]

 

[yelpy]

Looks to me like Rob did a mighty fine job at setting you up.. That set up is on rails.                                                 

[turkeytromp]

Yes yelpy i'm very pleased with his work. Since my posting last spring I have switched to using indian creek chokes and it throws a little more even pattern than the hevi shot choke,still getting 370-380 in the 10" @ 40

[beagler]

Very Impressive!

[yelpy]

Yes yelpy i'm very pleased with his work. Since my posting last spring I have switched to using indian creek chokes and it throws a little more even pattern than the hevi shot choke,still getting 370-380 in the 10" @ 40

Once the season is over I may have to send mine back to him for some more work. We will see after I shoot it a bit. Thanks.

[Ross R]

wow     just curious... what barrel length?

[HuntSource]

Sweet! That's a smoking good pattern.

[WyoHunter]

Great pattern!