Well I wanted to try out my new Pure Gold .670 Remington choke for my 870, and I wanted to also test the TruGlo Tru-Brite dot sight today and see how it works and if it would stand up to the recoil of the 3.5" turkey loads and hold it's zero on my Moss 835. Well it passed with flying colors. I am in love with this sight from what I have seen so far. I can zero the circle dot reticle on the dot I am shootin at 40yds and it's a breeze to aim this sight. I really like it. It held its zero perfectly once I got is sighted in. I'll post up some patterns in a bit.
Ok here's some 870 patterns.
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/526/DSCF0221_Medium_.jpg)
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Here's some 835 patterns. I have had some guy wanting me to shoot the Star Dot choke up close to see how it patterns. So here's a Win AA 1 and 1/8oz #8 trap load at 15yds.
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I thought this was pretty good for Hevi-13 3" 2oz #6 load.
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And here was the best one of the day.
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Here's some pictures of the Tasco Tru-Brite Sight.
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/526/DSCF0225_Medium_.jpg)
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(http://www.hunt101.com/data/526/DSCF0230_Medium_.jpg)
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And here's a picture of my favorite reticle that I like so much.
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nothing like the bead of a shotgun barrel pointed right at the family jewels!!!!! :TrainWreck1:
great patterns, thanks for posting the results.
Those Hvy 13's like the pure golds don't they!
Nice looking set up, great patterns.
Lookin' good, Brad!
Very nice setup! I have a feeling a ton of gobblers are gonna fall to those guns!
lookin good Brad :icon_thumright:
Is the housing on that sight all metal?
Quote from: VaTuRkStOmPeR on May 22, 2011, 02:26:41 PM
nothing like the bead of a shotgun barrel pointed right at the family jewels!!!!! :TrainWreck1:
great patterns, thanks for posting the results.
Thats what I was thinking.
Quote from: VaTuRkStOmPeR on May 22, 2011, 02:26:41 PM
nothing like the bead of a shotgun barrel pointed right at the family jewels!!!!! :TrainWreck1:
great patterns, thanks for posting the results.
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
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Quote from: VAarrowslinger on May 22, 2011, 10:03:45 PM
Is the housing on that sight all metal?
Yes. I think it's all aluminum construction.
And yes the chamber was empty.
good looking 835
Those numbers are about average for an 870 with those shells and a good choke. If you experiment with chokes in the 870 like you did with the 835, you'll beat those numbers, but you're good to go right now.
Those were some of my newer stash of Hevi-13 shells. They don't shoot near as good as the ones that I had before.
The same can be said for the 323 with the 835. That's not my good loads from lot 300325 that did around 360 out of 2 different chokes the last time I shot. That was some new stuff I recently got. That was the best one it shot. Only shot about 3 of them.
One look at the various patterns should answer the skeptics query about why most of the knowledgable shooters have embraced the Hevi-13, #7 loadings. I'd take a Sharpie or piece of black electrical tape to the TruGlo logo, cause it shore do glow!!
That's a scary pic for sure. I guess as long as the wife aint holding it during pics, you'll be ok.
Quote from: Reloader on May 24, 2011, 02:10:23 PM
That's a scary pic for sure. I guess as long as the wife aint holding it during pics, you'll be ok.
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: Brads getting to be an old man he dont need em' anymore. :toothy12:
Quote from: gatrkyhntr70 on May 24, 2011, 02:18:49 PM
Quote from: Reloader on May 24, 2011, 02:10:23 PM
That's a scary pic for sure. I guess as long as the wife aint holding it during pics, you'll be ok.
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: Brads getting to be an old man he dont need em' anymore. :toothy12:
I hear ya, but there's a big difference between need and want :D
What were the lot numbers on the hevi 7s?
Quote from: fountain on May 24, 2011, 03:31:47 PM
What were the lot numbers on the hevi 7s?
The 3.5" # 7 load was lot 300525 I believe.
The 3" I will have to look.
I misread it above. Thought u shot a different lot from the way you said it above.
I did. The good stuff I have is 300325. This was 300525.
I gotcha ..I need some of the good stuff! Hard to find hevi 13 around here..
How close were u to the bad stuff out that way?
Well I got this latest stuff from Midwest something off the net. They were terrible in taking 9 whole days to get me my ammo. I won't buy from them again.
I wanted to take the time to show people why I choose to shoot 7's over the Hevi-13 #6 loads. And this picture says it all. This was a turkey target I had taped to the first pattern I posted with the 870 with the 7's loads earlier that put 239 in the 10". This is the backside of the turkey target so you can better see all the hits. Look at all the hits in the vitals alone. 6's just won't touch this. Now remember this is the 3" 2oz load and not the 3.5" 2 and 1/4oz load which would only be even more hits. And anybody that hits a turkey with that at 40yds it's not going anywhere regardless of who tries to tell you different.
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/526/DSCF0239_Medium_.jpg)
Quote from: ILIKEHEVI-13 on May 24, 2011, 09:41:07 PM
I wanted to take the time to show people why I choose to shoot 7's over the Hevi-13 #6 loads. And this picture says it all. This was a turkey target I had taped to the first pattern I posted with the 870 with the 7's loads earlier that put 239 in the 10". This is the backside of the turkey target so you can better see all the hits. Look at all the hits in the vitals alone. 6's just won't touch this. Now remember this is the 3" 2oz load and not the 3.5" 2 and 1/4oz load which would only be even more hits. And anybody that hits a turkey with that at 40yds it's not going anywhere regardless of who tries to tell you different.
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/526/DSCF0239_Medium_.jpg)
:agreed:
Nice work Brad!
Pretty good looking sight. What is the price point say compared to the Burris FFII. It looks good too. Don't know if that extra $$ is necessary.
Quote from: jig pitcher on May 25, 2011, 01:14:17 PM
Pretty good looking sight. What is the price point say compared to the Burris FFII. It looks good too. Don't know if that extra $$ is necessary.
It cost me $85 shipped to my door. The place I bought it now has free shipping through Memorial Day so now you can get it cheaper. It's got a lifetime warranty and weighs 5.3oz. And from what I have seen so far and the money it cost, it's going to be a great seller. I honestly think for the money it's going to be hard to beat and how many sights like this offer a lifetime warranty for under $100? You just can't beat it for the price. And it holds it zero too.
http://www.nativeoutdoors.com/Emails/052411.html
And here's the link to the sight.
http://www.nativeoutdoors.com/riflescopes.html
You might find it interesting that a #6 Hevi Shot shell dissected by a retired NY science teacher last year (it's in the Hevi Shot forum) found more size 7 shot than 6's and quite a few 7 1/2's as well. He made up an elaborate bar graph showing exactly how many of each shot size was in each shell. 7's are illegal in my state but it appears I'm shooting them incidentally anyways. He also found lower pellet counts that advertised by Hevi Shot. For the record, my 40 yard, 10" counts were down 20-30 with this years loads compared with last years, and this year I polished my barrel for the first time.