collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: Shotgun pattern look ok?  (Read 1606 times)

Offline swanderek

  • Business Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+10)
  • Scout
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2019
  • Posts: 278
  • Location: Arlington
Shotgun pattern look ok?
« on: September 08, 2025, 05:44:48 PM »
New sx4 Winchester.
Full choke Carson's
Shooting 8shot.
This is about 7 shots. To me the gun shoots high left.
I tried buckshot and shots were all high left.
Does this look normal?
( I was aiming for the shoot and see sticker)
« Last Edit: September 08, 2025, 06:24:41 PM by swanderek »

Offline Kingofthemountain83

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Hunter
  • ***
  • Join Date: Aug 2023
  • Posts: 136
  • Location: Puyallup
Re: Shotgun pattern look ok?
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2025, 06:44:56 PM »
Looks good... How far???
I love you... I really do...

Offline swanderek

  • Business Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+10)
  • Scout
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2019
  • Posts: 278
  • Location: Arlington
Re: Shotgun pattern look ok?
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2025, 07:13:55 PM »
35 yards

Offline EnglishSetter

  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Scout
  • ****
  • Join Date: Nov 2024
  • Posts: 389
  • Location: Winlock
  • Groups: NRA
Re: Shotgun pattern look ok?
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2025, 08:17:05 PM »
1 bead or 2? 

Shotguns are commonly regulated to shoot high depending on the game they are targeting.  Few shoot 50:50.  60:40 for sporting and 70:30 for trap are common goals, but without discreet rear sights individual shooters will vary.

Offline swanderek

  • Business Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+10)
  • Scout
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2019
  • Posts: 278
  • Location: Arlington
Re: Shotgun pattern look ok?
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2025, 08:40:26 PM »
1 front bead

Online Henrydog

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Feb 2016
  • Posts: 1109
  • Location: Eastern Washington
  • Groups: NRA Life Member, RMEF, Phesants Forever
Re: Shotgun pattern look ok?
« Reply #5 on: Yesterday at 05:17:04 AM »
Setter is correct on factory POI but everyones face and shoulder are different.  If you want to know where your gun is shooting, do it 1 shot per paper off a bench at 13 yards.  That will tell you your POI.  I can't recall the math reason but 13 yards is the magic number for POI. 

  Its a field gun so there is no comb adjustment, what is your objective?  Using 8 shot so it is not your hunting load?

Offline swanderek

  • Business Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+10)
  • Scout
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2019
  • Posts: 278
  • Location: Arlington
Re: Shotgun pattern look ok?
« Reply #6 on: Yesterday at 07:40:39 AM »
I'll try today from 13
Thanks!

Online Henrydog

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Feb 2016
  • Posts: 1109
  • Location: Eastern Washington
  • Groups: NRA Life Member, RMEF, Phesants Forever
Re: Shotgun pattern look ok?
« Reply #7 on: Yesterday at 08:16:59 AM »
Also if you find it really is shooting high, put a bigger front bead on it and that will correct the poi lower.  Good luck

Offline timberfaller

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2014
  • Posts: 4249
  • Location: East Wenatchee
Re: Shotgun pattern look ok?
« Reply #8 on: Yesterday at 08:47:50 AM »
IF you were "aiming" at the sticker, you have what is called in the trap world, a 70/30 pattern,  70% above POA and 30% below.  It would make a nice trap gun!

If you are shooting a field gun, add a little to the comb and see what happens, won't take much.

Good luck
The only good tree, is a stump!

Offline Pegasus

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jun 2017
  • Posts: 2134
  • Location: King County
Re: Shotgun pattern look ok?
« Reply #9 on: Yesterday at 09:04:20 AM »
Do you keep both eyes open or squint. Left eye or right closed?

Offline Kingofthemountain83

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Hunter
  • ***
  • Join Date: Aug 2023
  • Posts: 136
  • Location: Puyallup
Re: Shotgun pattern look ok?
« Reply #10 on: Yesterday at 10:03:13 AM »
Use a cardboard box  :chuckle:
I love you... I really do...

Offline swanderek

  • Business Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+10)
  • Scout
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2019
  • Posts: 278
  • Location: Arlington
Re: Shotgun pattern look ok?
« Reply #11 on: Yesterday at 10:47:59 AM »
Left eye closed.
It's a sx4 and they don't come with stock shims.
I'm still learning the terms like comb

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

Colockum Archery Bull Tag by Gentrys
[Today at 12:53:35 PM]


MA 7 Subarea 5 Year Round Salmon Closure by KP-Skagit
[Today at 12:39:47 PM]


Muzzy Mission Quality!!! by howlow
[Today at 12:27:43 PM]


Blue Tongue and EHD outbreak in NE Washington by baldopepper
[Today at 11:25:44 AM]


Disappearing ink. by vandeman17
[Today at 10:43:58 AM]


Starlink Standby Mode by CarbonHunter
[Today at 10:02:10 AM]


MA-10 Coho by birdshooter1189
[Today at 08:55:57 AM]


WA Moose scouting by Pegasus
[Today at 08:41:42 AM]


Youth hunt by metlhead
[Today at 07:32:40 AM]


WDFW LICENSE / POLICY CONTACT by Cougartail
[Today at 06:09:57 AM]


Out of state app/website for notifications?? by trophyhunt
[Today at 06:04:09 AM]


My first cartridge by Rat44
[Today at 05:01:09 AM]


Any Luck With Used Dies ? by Rat44
[Today at 04:56:35 AM]


2021 bear had been previously shot before I killed him by zwickeyman
[Today at 04:31:51 AM]


2025 elk success thread!! by Cylvertip
[Yesterday at 11:39:12 PM]


Blacktail set by redi
[Yesterday at 11:08:03 PM]


Pasco bow range by bearhunter99
[Yesterday at 10:25:59 PM]


2025 deer, let's see em! by andrew_in_idaho
[Yesterday at 09:45:49 PM]


Douglas 108 Moose tag by Bonehuntn
[Yesterday at 09:21:48 PM]


WA Bucket List….Mule Deer Permit by muleyslayer
[Yesterday at 08:31:59 PM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal