Patterned two Remington 20 gauges today with 21" barrels. I also had an extra 21" barrel I patterned as well. All 3 barrels were polished similar to the instructions found on this website except I used a polishing flex hone on the rough polish and then used the ScotchBrite and JP bore bright to polish for the final step. Anyway, all 3 barrels were first patterned with 3" 1 5/8oz TSS #9's at 40 yards. Here are the patterns:
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I missed the pattern board a little to the right on the first pattern, so I felt I didn't get an accurate enough pattern on that barrel. So, I decide to shoot another TSS reload thru that barrel. I shot a 3" 1oz TSS #9 and 7/16oz TSS #8 duplex load. Again, shot at 40 yards. Here's the pattern:
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Next up I have some 2 3/4" Remington Wingmaster HD 1oz #6's I use for duck hunting. A friend of mine has a young boy he wants to put on his first turkey this year. I thought these 21" 20 gauge guns with adjustable Knoxx stock would be just the ticket for him. However, these TSS 3" loads pack too much of a punch for a young kid, so I wanted to see how these 2 3/4" load would work. I used only one of the 21" barrels, and it was statistically the worst patterning barrels from the 1 5/8oz #9 testing. I shot at 40, 30, and 20 yards. Here are the results:
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Now the tough decision of which of the two barrels to keep, :toothy9: off to the gunsmith for drill/tap for rail on the receiver for red dot, and painting before turkey season. Pretty excited to put these guns to the test.
Those are some sicking tight patterns ! Did you try them at 30 and 20 ?
Quote from: bgbuck153 on March 05, 2012, 08:13:49 AM
Those are some sicking tight patterns ! Did you try them at 30 and 20 ?
With TSS, no! The last two patterns are at 30 and 20 respectively with Remington Wingmaster HD 1oz #6's.
I think alot of us would love to see your 20 and 30 patterns . Just for sh*t's and giggles !
Wow, that's tight at 40 yards.
Quote from: bgbuck153 on March 05, 2012, 06:54:23 PM
I think alot of us would love to see your 20 and 30 patterns . Just for sh*t's and giggles !
I have a PayPal account for donations to buy more TSS. :toothy12:
When I mount the FF II's I'll shot one close in to check my zero for you.
better hold on or you will shoot where he was :fud:
Awesome patterns!
unreal out of a 20ga or any shotgun for that matter
A 20 ga putting 429 pellets in 10 @ 40...all I can say is WOW !
Quote from: MERCing on March 09, 2012, 12:13:10 AM
A 20 ga putting 429 pellets in 10 @ 40...all I can say is WOW !
It had my scratching my head as well since my SBE with 2oz 9's was only doing 360ish. SOOOOOOOOOOOO.............
I have to admit the error of my ways here. Figured out why I got such great numbers at 40 yards in the "10". I used the wrong stencile for my circles. I was using my pattern for testing duck loads. So my center circle is 14-15" and not 10".
I haven't went back and recounted to correct my mistake, but I'm believe I'm still north of 300 in the 10" with these barrels.
SORRY for misleading. :TrainWreck1: :funnyturkey:
Quote from: Sand Man on March 14, 2012, 11:23:29 AM
Quote from: MERCing on March 09, 2012, 12:13:10 AM
A 20 ga putting 429 pellets in 10 @ 40...all I can say is WOW !
It had my scratching my head as well since my SBE with 2oz 9's was only doing 360ish. SOOOOOOOOOOOO.............
I have to admit the error of my ways here. Figured out why I got such great numbers at 40 yards in the "10". I used the wrong stencile for my circles. I was using my pattern for testing duck loads. So my center circle is 14-15" and not 10".
I haven't went back and recounted to correct my mistake, but I'm believe I'm still north of 300 in the 10" with these barrels.
SORRY for misleading. :TrainWreck1: :funnyturkey:
That's still pretty impressive!! Who needs a 12ga with those kinds of numbers!