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Turkey Guns & Shooting => 12 ga Mossberg pattern pictures => Topic started by: Woodsman4God on March 09, 2013, 01:33:17 PM

Title: Mossy 500 with Fed HW #7 (opinions Please)
Post by: Woodsman4God on March 09, 2013, 01:33:17 PM
I know some of you have already checked this one out, Could I get some opinions or suggestions, I have thought of tweaking where the pattern hits a little bit.

(http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq338/lduke72/20gapattern_zpsbbaeef7b.jpg)

The circle is 9 3/4 of an inch instead of 10 so I counted a few fringe ones, might be a few more if it was a 10 inch cirlce

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Title: Re: Mossy 500 with Fed HW #7 (opinions Please)
Post by: noggin buster on March 10, 2013, 04:31:18 PM
What choke are you using?  That will kill but you could prob do better with some adjusments.
Title: Re: Mossy 500 with Fed HW #7 (opinions Please)
Post by: Woodsman4God on March 11, 2013, 11:16:50 AM
Pure Gold .555 tempest
Title: Re: Mossy 500 with Fed HW #7 (opinions Please)
Post by: noggin buster on March 11, 2013, 02:12:38 PM
if thats a 20g pattern at 40 yards, thats a great pattern :z-guntootsmiley:
Title: Re: Mossy 500 with Fed HW #7 (opinions Please)
Post by: BandedSpur on March 12, 2013, 08:40:08 AM
Pattern numbers are good, but it is a bit gappy. You can likely do better if you can/want to spend the money. Take a look at "Shooting Session 2" by MossyoakPro and the eveness of the SSX pattern with that shell. No guarantees it will shoot like that in your gun, only one way to find out. Sumtoy can build you a good one as well. Not knocking PG; they make some terrific chokes, but apparently yours in your gun is not crazy about that shell.
Title: Re: Mossy 500 with Fed HW #7 (opinions Please)
Post by: Woodsman4God on March 12, 2013, 08:51:24 AM
Quote from: noggin buster on March 11, 2013, 02:12:38 PM
if thats a 20g pattern at 40 yards, thats a great pattern :z-guntootsmiley:

Yes that is a 20ga @ 40 yds
Title: Re: Mossy 500 with Fed HW #7 (opinions Please)
Post by: ryanva88 on March 12, 2013, 10:48:00 AM
At 40 yards the numbers are good, but there are a few gaps.  maybe just bring in your effective range 10 yards or so. When I shot 20 gauge last year I kept it at 30 yards. helped my patterns in numbers, evenness, and my confidence.