Well got to the range today. Temp was 72 with light winds but pretty humid. Anyway, brand new SBE2 24" barrel.
1st up was the Hevi 13, 3 1/2 inch, 2 1/2 oz of straight #6 at 40 yards with the Indian Creek .665
(http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz45/ghillie33/2012-03-15_14-17-31_46.jpg)
next is the Hevi 13, 3 1/2 inch, 2 1/2 oz of straight #7 with the IC .665 at 40 yards
(http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz45/ghillie33/2012-03-15_14-19-13_538.jpg)
3rd is the Hevi 13, 3 1/2 inch, 2 1/2 oz of straight #7 with the Hevi Choke at .667 at 40 yards
(http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz45/ghillie33/2012-03-15_14-22-22_906.jpg)
Kind of a tough choice as to which one to go with. The Hevi choke is just a little more open but both are pretty even throughout...
They are 2 1/4 oz loads ........ but looks good !!! ;)
Great looking patterns there. How big is that circle?
Oops....your right...2 1/4 oz.....my bad
Quote from: sugarray on March 15, 2012, 11:10:17 PM
Great looking patterns there. How big is that circle?
10 inches
Those look tight to me, what do you think? What are you looking for?
They do seem a little tight. Don't understand why except that it's a new gun, right out of the box. Nothing done to the barrel except a quick clean. I would actually like to open it up a little bit. What i'm looking for is a nice, even pattern. And a dead gobbler of course! Not necessarily at 40...more like 30 and under...at that distance, these will be just to tight.
:icon_thumright: looks good, Wish my SBEII shot that good. If your lookin for a better 35yd and under pattern we need to trade barrels :toothy12:
Looks a little to tight and could be more even. To me it looks like it is over choked, and could use a good polishing or deep clean on the barrel. I haven't however played with the sbeii and the hevi13 7's, many someone who has can comment. That surely is a killing pattern, just won't have much wiggle room. Especially at like 30yds.
That pattern is NOT blown due to excessive constriction. That's a gun, choke and load that are working as a fine tuned unit.
Also, you can't polish the chrome lined sbe 2 barrels and polishing is done with intentions to increase numbers; numbers are clearly not a problem in these examples.
Shoot low inside 30....
Those patterns make me want to go buy a Benelli and trade you barrels.
OK.
PG, Kick's, are a .670
Carson's is .675
Then think about Sumtoy to get a more open choke.
I agree with the OP, you have a fine tuned rig there. It is a killer for sure.
Absolutely that is WAY TOO tight. You will miss many birds. Send me that barrel and I will send you one that is much more suitable for hunting!!...lol
I would LOVE to have a hevi-6 pattern like that. Unbelievable. Did you count the hits?
Quote from: VaTuRkStOmPeR on March 16, 2012, 07:58:46 AM
That pattern is NOT blown due to excessive constriction. That's a gun, choke and load that are working as a fine tuned unit.
Also, you can't polish the chrome lined sbe 2 barrels and polishing is done with intentions to increase numbers; numbers are clearly not a problem in these examples.
Shoot low inside 30....
Those patterns make me want to go buy a Benelli and trade you barrels.
The pattern is not blown, however many times you can go with a different or more open choke and get the same 10" numbers but have a more even pattern.
Also, I did not know you could not polish or clean a crome barrel. But, the custom shotgun gunsmiths don't know that either!
joker..........
Polishing and cleaning are two different things. You most certianley can and should clean your chrome lined barrel.
Its still going to get dirty from shooting.
Wow ! Those are some tight patterns for 40 yds !
Quote from: Grunt-N-Gobble on March 16, 2012, 10:01:36 AM
joker..........
Polishing and cleaning are two different things. You most certianley can and should clean your chrome lined barrel.
Its still going to get dirty from shooting.
Thanks grunt.
Here's his sign....
I know they are different. That is why I mentioned both. For the slow people, I am sorry for talking about two things at the same time. So why do gunsmiths polish crome barrels when they customize them?
Slow people????????? Thats real nice.
We're all just experiencing a lot of frustration/ anxiety until we start killing things.....
Gotta remind ourselves to play nice once in a while
You have yourself a very good rig. That set up is on rails! :turkey2:
I would probably try and open it up a bit for hunting though if not you had better be spot on.
Quote from: VaTuRkStOmPeR on March 16, 2012, 05:21:07 PM
We're all just experiencing a lot of frustration/ anxiety until we start killing things.....
Gotta remind ourselves to play nice once in a while
Your wright about that! I would like to apologise to Ghillie if I messed up his thread. That is a nice tight pattern. I wish my new Tss patterns were a little tighter. If you guys have any suggestions take a look. we will have these guns all ready, our calls all tuned, birds located and season will be here before we know it. I am jealous of those in the south though...