Patterning the Shotgun muzzy!

[MountainDevil54]

Not feeling the best today with some kind of flu, but I had enough of laying around waiting to feel better.

Went out to 35 yards with the CVA Hawken 12g and loaded up 70gr Goex 2f, 1 1/8oz, over powder wad, 1oz lead shot,thick wad and of course the over shot card.


Backed it down to 1oz 7 1/2 shot and NO thick wad.


Once I feel better I can play around with powder/shot charges.

Recoil is not bad at all! 70gr with 1 1/8oz really started to show the recoil but still not in the 20 gauge shotgun level.

If grouse season were tomorrow, I'd be hunting.

[Smokepole]

Nice.  That's better than I can shoot with my 870    That would make a nice turkey gun. 

[kevinlisa06]

Smooth bore barrel?


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[MountainDevil54]

of course, its a 12 gauge.

[kevinlisa06]

I'm looking for a 12ga where did ya get yours at any help would be appreciated


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[MountainDevil54]

I bought mine as a combo kit rifle .50cal/12gauge. Its pretty much non existent to find a CVA Hawken with a shotgun barrel but there are quite a few other brands that are easier to find like TC, Knight  that had offered BP shotguns.

[kevinlisa06]

 Yeah I have a CVA .54 Hawken rifle. Thinking I'm going to call CVA


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[MountainDevil54]

cva wont have any stuff like that in stock for the sidelocks, they sold all of that off to another company. I even called deer creek products which has all the old cva stuff and they  just went quiet when i asked about a hawken shotgun barrel, they never heard of it.