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Re: What do you shoot. 3" or 3 1/2" shells
« Reply #30 on: March 07, 2016, 08:12:48 PM »
102 yards? Did I read that right? How tight is your pattern at 40 yards?

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Re: What do you shoot. 3" or 3 1/2" shells
« Reply #31 on: March 09, 2016, 12:35:00 PM »
3 1/2 because I can.

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Re: What do you shoot. 3" or 3 1/2" shells
« Reply #32 on: March 10, 2016, 07:49:32 AM »
2 3/4" or 3"  in #5 or 6

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Re: What do you shoot. 3" or 3 1/2" shells
« Reply #33 on: March 10, 2016, 09:22:14 AM »
Gonna stick with 3 1/2" till the gun is broke in or I'm broke.  So far the Winchester loads are a better pattern that Remington. 
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Re: What do you shoot. 3" or 3 1/2" shells
« Reply #34 on: March 10, 2016, 09:50:17 AM »
2 3/4 out of my 12 gauge, 3" out of my 20. 

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Re: What do you shoot. 3" or 3 1/2" shells
« Reply #35 on: March 22, 2016, 10:29:47 PM »
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Re: What do you shoot. 3" or 3 1/2" shells
« Reply #36 on: March 22, 2016, 11:06:39 PM »
I shoot 3". My Stoeger uses 3" shells. Shot my first turkey with it last year.

 


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