I was at the local Cabelas® earlier today and found Kent® Diamond Shot® 20ga 3" Mag 1300fps 1¼oz #4, 5, & 6 Pb shot for $4.99. With my 5% military discount it was $4.75 per box. I patterned some last year (#5's was all that was available) and was not impressed. Because the shells are so cheap however I picked up a box each in #4 & 6 shot. When my target/patterning area is no longer snowed in I will pattern these two loads in two 20ga guns and eight chokes..................
• Mossberg® Mdl 500C 20ga pump with........
~ .590" OEM Full Accu-Choke®
~ .590" Carlsons® Full
~ .584" OEM XFull Accu-Choke®
~ .570" Hastings® (#I20570)
~ .553" Swarm®
• Remington® SPR220 (Baikal® IZH-43) 20ga SxS with............
~ .590" OEM Full
~ .575" Colonial Arms® Extended Turkey Full (#TSKTF)
~ .570" Colonial Arms® Extended Turkey Full (#TSKTX)
The chokes in italics have wad catchers; the others do not.
I'll post results to this thread.
look forward to the results :icon_thumright:
Ive got some of the 6's and they patterned pretty well thru a jellyhead/870 combo.Not the best lead patterns i've ever got,but for sure would hunt with em with no reservations.
Quote from: jakesdad on March 03, 2011, 08:30:32 PM
Ive got some of the 6's and they patterned pretty well thru a jellyhead/870 combo.Not the best lead patterns i've ever got,but for sure would hunt with em with no reservations.
That's good to hear jd. (I think my Mossberg® pump is an anomaly in that it patterns #4Pb so well). I'm hoping the snow goes soon.
My experience with those is that once shot I wished I had spent that money on fewer boxes of better shells. For some reason I think that they did fairly well in the SSX choke. They are suitable for hunting and certainly for magnum squirrel loads no doubt.
Melt snow melt !
Quote from: RAJ on March 07, 2011, 08:59:09 AM
My experience with those is that once shot I wished I had spent that money on fewer boxes of better shells. For some reason I think that they did fairly well in the SSX choke. They are suitable for hunting and certainly for magnum squirrel loads no doubt.
Melt snow melt !
There is a reason the Winchester® Supreme® 20ga 3" Mag 1200fps 1 5/16oz #4, 5 Pb (STH2034, STH2035) cost $11.99 vs the Kent® Ultimate Diamond Shot® 20ga 3" Mag 1300fps 1¼oz #4, 5, 6Pb (K203TK36-4, K203TK36-5, K203TK36-6) costing only $4.99. The Winchester®s
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