*299* & "260" HOLY CRAP!!!

[hookedspur]

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Al that is the best H13 #6 pattern i have seen. and i have seen a bunch!! Congrats  

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[chatterbox]

Looks awsome, Al!

[bird]

That #6 shell could be a mislabeled #7 shell.

The only reason I say that, is that I bought a box of 20 Gauge H13 #5's last year, and one of the shells was labeled #6, so who knows if it was mis-packaged, or mis-labeled?

I wondered the same thing.  Did I accidentally grab a #7 instead of a #6 so I double checked and nope, it was plainly printed on the shell that is was a #6.  I fired off 2 of the #6's and 2 of the #7's each out of a dirty barrel and out of a clean barrel and I can tell you beyond the shadow of a doubt that a dirty barrel will effect your numbers in a way that I feel is pretty significant.  Not only does your numbers drop but the pattern gets somewhat erratic but not so much that a turkey would be able to escape the killing powers of the pattern.  The key is to make sure you have a nice clean and dry barrel to put up those big numbers and have at it.

bird 

[redarrow]

Dang. You could wipe out a whole swarm of black flies with that pattern.

[Reloader]

Great patterns Bird.

I believe you got lucky enough to find a run of smaller sized 6s, probably mostly 6.5s in that particular shell.  The rest of the run probably had many subsized shot as well.  Not a bad thing at all until one purchases more shells and thinks something is wrong with his gun. If you have several boxes from that lot, you should be good to go.

[ILIKEHEVI-13]

Great patterns Bird.

I believe you got lucky enough to find a run of smaller sized 6s, probably mostly 6.5s in that particular shell.  The rest of the run probably had many subsized shot as well.  Not a bad thing at all until one purchases more shells and thinks something is wrong with his gun. If you have several boxes from that lot, you should be good to go.

That's what I was thinking, but who knows.  Maybe bird found the magical lot of 6's that his barrel loves.  Either way it is one of the best 6 patterns I have ever seen.  Congrats are in order and thanks for sharing Al!  That was great info about cleaning the barrel in between shots as well.  Al would you care to share with us how you cleaned your barrel?   

[bird]

Great patterns Bird.

I believe you got lucky enough to find a run of smaller sized 6s, probably mostly 6.5s in that particular shell.  The rest of the run probably had many subsized shot as well.  Not a bad thing at all until one purchases more shells and thinks something is wrong with his gun. If you have several boxes from that lot, you should be good to go.

That's what I was thinking, but who knows.  Maybe bird found the magical lot of 6's that his barrel loves.  Either way it is one of the best 6 patterns I have ever seen.  Congrats are in order and thanks for sharing Al!  That was great info about cleaning the barrel in between shots as well.  Al would you care to share with us how you cleaned your barrel?   

Nothing special.... just a couple patches of Rem Oil and then a fresh patch until the barrel was clean and dry.

bird

[WyoHunter]

Great patterns both!

[cannonball]

Nice patterns

[boggszilla]

I just bought 5 boxes of that #325 lot  ,very nice patterns.

[mossy835]

Nice counts but like someone else said more importantly is the pattern you are getting. Make a good long range dove load for sure. I have one box of the 6's and have not shot them or the 7's yet still using up the mag blends. Good luck in the field with the above loads you will have no excuse.

[S.C.C]

PURE GOLD man!!!

[Gold Spur]

Good job Bird, awesome patterns!!! 

[new2turkey]

Wish I was gettin numbers like that 

[surehuntsalot]

awesome patterns