Patterning today... PICS.

[new2turkey]

went out and patterned today, in about 3 feet of snow. The temperature was under 20 when we were out...




What do you guys think? This was between 40-45 yards, hard to tell exactly in 3 feet of snow... Thanks guys.


Also, 3 inch remington premier 2 oz of #6 shot.
Mossberg 500 with a truglo gobble stopper choke on it.

[3" 870 Shell Shucker]

Very good with Lead, at that distance, in that temperature.

[new2turkey]

good to hear... If I had done the circle differently I could've gotten in probably another 15 hits.... I'm gonna re-do the circle and see if I can... Also, the shot is copper plated... Don't know if that makes a difference.

[joshua]

 Excellant pattern considering the temps.  That pattern will only get better with warmer weather.  Good luck this spring.

[new2turkey]

Shifted the circle a bit and got 105 hits... I also adjusted the sights and my poi should be dead on...

[Kylongspur88]

That's a really good pattern for cold weather and Remington shells, I think your gun likes them.

[new2turkey]

Cool! Thanks alot guys... I'll pattern again in the spring also...

[hookedspur]

+1

[new2turkey]

The other pics i had to resize cause they were too small...




gotta love Maine... 




He loves shootin the Gamos

[VAHUNTER]

anybody that is willing to go out in those temps and wade through the snow to check a pattern .belongs right here on OG!!!!

Considering the temps and the yardage i think thats a great pattern. once warmer weather shows up you should see a good increase in pellet count. i used Rem.Nitro's for a few years and had great results

[new2turkey]

Sounds good! If I had the $$ I'd be there everyday... Lol.

I'm glad I found a shell that works well in my gun... I want to pattern them again April sometime. I'm hoping to get in the 130s... Is this achievable or will the # of hits be modest?

[gophert]

anybody that is willing to go out in those temps and wade through the snow to check a pattern .belongs right here on OG!!!!

[VAHUNTER]

Sounds good! If I had the $$ I'd be there everyday... Lol.

I'm glad I found a shell that works well in my gun... I want to pattern them again April sometime. I'm hoping to get in the 130s... Is this achievable or will the # of hits be modest?

i was getting 140 at 40yds with Rem. Nitro's 3.5" 2oz #6's so it is very possible 

[pullit]

seeing those pictures makes me feel like a sissy for not going out with a couple of inches of snow on the ground and the temps in the 20's.....

[new2turkey]

seeing those pictures makes me feel like a sissy for not going out with a couple of inches of snow on the ground and the temps in the 20's.....

It actually wasn't too bad, except for that I had already loaded Zachary up full of stuff and myself as well, I forgot my gloves 


We got lucky cause the snow was packed down where we were standing, so we weren't up to our knees .


Good to hear about good improvements with the temp. rise.. I'm gonna hold off patterning again until April or so.