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Re: Patterning
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2009, 07:45:08 AM »
I know. The standard is 40 yards.  Some guys stretch it a bit to say 50+ but 60 - 70? I think not. My max is 40 but I have killed one dead at 45. OH, that was with a rangefinder.

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Re: Patterning
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2009, 08:06:01 AM »
Gut,

Sure there are plenty of load /gun/choke that will get you out to 60-70.  Im not shooting that far, but YES it is possible.


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Re: Patterning
« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2009, 08:07:49 AM »
Hey ICE

Read my one lined post throughly, I clearly state "IM NOT SHOOTING THAT FAR"  No I dont think Its a ethical shot.  It can be done.  Ive shot that distance on a target with one of those stupid Jelly head extra full Turkey chokes.  It puts enough pellets in the zone to kill a turkey.  But, like I also said those chokes are not for me.  I had one for 1 season and missed a bird at 20yrd.  It was a confidence thing for me I felt the choke messed me up.  The only other time I missed is when I used 3 1/2 shells, I flinched anticapating the recoil.  im just shareing my experience, Ive never missed with the 3  #5 shot full choke combo.  I think there is a primos video from like 5 years ago that they show a soda can they shot with that same choke at I think 70 yrds.  Ill have to look through my library and find it for ya bud!

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Re: Patterning
« Reply #18 on: February 11, 2009, 08:10:39 AM »
I know. The standard is 40 yards.  Some guys stretch it a bit to say 50+ but 60 - 70? I think not. My max is 40 but I have killed one dead at 45. OH, that was with a rangefinder.

I bet that bird hit the ground no problem at 45 yrds

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Re: Patterning
« Reply #19 on: February 11, 2009, 08:11:18 AM »
I think we call this a "pissing match"  :chuckle:  :chuckle:  :chuckle:

 

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Re: Patterning
« Reply #20 on: February 11, 2009, 08:12:23 AM »
I know. The standard is 40 yards.  Some guys stretch it a bit to say 50+ but 60 - 70? I think not. My max is 40 but I have killed one dead at 45. OH, that was with a rangefinder.

I bet that bird hit the ground no problem at 45 yrds

It did.

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Re: Patterning
« Reply #21 on: February 11, 2009, 08:13:55 AM »
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Re: Patterning
« Reply #22 on: February 11, 2009, 10:09:32 AM »
Hey ICE

Read my one lined post throughly, I clearly state "IM NOT SHOOTING THAT FAR"  No I dont think Its a ethical shot.  
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Yeah, I did see that....was just interested in learning more. Occasionally duck hunting when I put in a kill shot on a bird in the water, I am amazed at how far a shot can actually travel. Scary. I was just interested in learing more of the impact at longer range.
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Re: Patterning
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Re: Patterning
« Reply #24 on: February 11, 2009, 01:00:45 PM »
When verifying loads I usually shoot at 15 and 40 yard marks the most.  I may take 1 or 2 shots.... don't usually need more than that. I want to insure that my load/choke work well in the zone that accounts for 90% of birds.  Once I'm comfortable that the load works at those ranges I back a target out there and see what it'll do max.  I've generally seen things start to thin out around 45 yards.  It weird... 2 - 3 yards can be night and day sometimes. 

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Re: Patterning
« Reply #25 on: February 13, 2009, 12:30:07 PM »
I shot 1 shot at 20 yards and 1 at 40 yards per load per choke. 9 inch pie plate with a little felt pen gobbler head stenciled on. In my 11-87 not one 3.5 inch load patterned well at 40 yards with any choke. my best were a 2.75 inch magnum load of #6 in a full choke and a 3 inch load of #5 in a modified choke. I tried 5 different loads, with 3 shot sizes in each choke.
All the loads blasted the 20 yard target 40 yards was the difference. None of the super full chokes, that I have, performed well in that gun.
I just got an 870 SPS-T so I will be doing some new experiments soon.
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