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Turkey Guns & Shooting => 12 ga Mossberg pattern pictures => Topic started by: WildSpur on April 28, 2014, 08:02:57 PM

Title: 835 20"/.695 factory/3.5 #5 longbeards
Post by: WildSpur on April 28, 2014, 08:02:57 PM
Finally got to the range today.  These longbeards are amazing.   At 20 yards they are too tight for me.  At 40 they did 148/10" which is perfect.   I remember 10 years ago I was trying to get 130/10" with #6 lead and now I can exceed that with #5!

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Title: 835 20"/.695 factory/3.5 #5 longbeards
Post by: alclark2 on April 28, 2014, 08:10:02 PM
That will definitely kill them! Thank for posting this because I have the same gun. I wondered how my factory choke would do with LBs.


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Title: Re: 835 20"/.695 factory/3.5 #5 longbeards
Post by: WildSpur on April 29, 2014, 07:41:16 AM
Glad your happy.  I figured this could be helpful because many never try the factory choke.  This is my "rain" gun and I am shooting Williams fire sights on top.  I am happy with the 40 yard pattern.  It's just too tight for me at 20!  I won't be playing with an aftermarket choke because I am sure it will only make it shoot tighter.

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Title: Re: 835 20"/.695 factory/3.5 #5 longbeards
Post by: DirtNap647 on April 29, 2014, 08:11:10 AM
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Title: Re: 835 20"/.695 factory/3.5 #5 longbeards
Post by: TrackeySauresRex on April 29, 2014, 09:56:09 AM
Your ready  :anim_25:
Title: 835 20"/.695 factory/3.5 #5 longbeards
Post by: alclark2 on April 29, 2014, 10:08:24 AM
Yeah, I still need to pattern the 6s. The 5s were too tight at 20. This is the best part of the LBs IMO, you can turn a factory gun/choke into a darn good 40 yard ethical turkey slayer right out of the box. I was very discouraged when I started hunting and bought this gun 5 years ago. I bought junk ammo and shot my factory choke. The results were terrible. LBs may get better patterns for those who struggle with their pattern.


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Title: Re: 835 20"/.695 factory/3.5 #5 longbeards
Post by: beagler on April 29, 2014, 06:48:28 PM
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Title: Re: 835 20"/.695 factory/3.5 #5 longbeards
Post by: surehuntsalot on April 30, 2014, 09:19:45 PM
should be go to go :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: 835 20"/.695 factory/3.5 #5 longbeards
Post by: WyoHunter on May 01, 2014, 01:17:20 AM
Looks like those turkeys are in trouble!    :newmascot: