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Turkey Guns & Shooting => 12 ga Mossberg pattern pictures => Topic started by: noggin buster on March 27, 2013, 02:31:16 PM

Title: Todays patterns?
Post by: noggin buster on March 27, 2013, 02:31:16 PM
Shot my mossy 535 with SSX and shot 203 at 40 yards!!! Best pattern to date. Shot a 2nd and was 160 , 3rd was 147. I didn't clean gun between shots. Could only 3 shots from a dirty barrel make that big a difference? Or was the first shot just a fluke? Shells were 3" mag blends
Title: Re: Todays patterns?
Post by: Xcal1ber on March 27, 2013, 03:41:59 PM
I would say that the first shot was not a fluke. It would make sense to me that your pattern got progressively a little worse, because your barrel got progressively dirtier. I say clean your barrel good again and shoot one more time, or just clean it good and patiently wait for opening day.
Title: Re: Todays patterns?
Post by: surehuntsalot on March 27, 2013, 08:47:05 PM
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Title: Re: Todays patterns?
Post by: remmy1187 on March 27, 2013, 09:11:29 PM
Absolutely, this is why I clean between every shot.   Every gun/barrel is different though, some are effected more than others.
Title: Re: Todays patterns?
Post by: BandedSpur on March 27, 2013, 09:31:37 PM
Quote from: remmy1187 on March 27, 2013, 09:11:29 PM
Absolutely, this is why I clean between every shot.   Every gun/barrel is different though, some are effected more than others.

Agreed. it affects some guns more than others. But I clean between every shot when doing serious pattern work.
Title: Re: Todays patterns?
Post by: ILIKEHEVI-13 on March 28, 2013, 01:15:40 AM
I never clean my barrels in between shots and they will repeat patterns consistently.