After getting such great patterning results last year from my SBE "duck" gun and seeing good patterns from other Benelli's here on the forum, I decided I was going to get a Nova for sticky a turkey gun and put a Red Dot on it as I didn't want to drill and tap the "duck" gun and wanted a pistol/steady grip. In the process of looking for a Nova, I ran across a deal on a 24" SBE. I found a pistol grip or steady grip stock for it, had the barrel drilled/tapped/and Weaver rail mounted, and mounted a Burris FF II to the gun. I wanted to get the gun dipped after I had the gunsmith work done, but I don't think I have enough time before turkey season. So, I'm not going to chance it. Here's some pics of the gun and patterns.
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Shot some factory loaded Hevi-Shot 7's when I was dialing the Red Dot in. Got some very nice results. These were at 40 yards.
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One at 20 yards just to see where the Red Dot was hitting.
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Also, shot some of the TSS reloads. The first was 2oz of TSS #9's at 40 yards and the second was 1oz of TSS #9's and 5/8oz Hevi-shot 7.5's at 40 yards.
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Very happy with the end results and really liking the FF II. It's going to be a bad year to be a turkey! :jackson:
That Dog WILL hunt.
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Nice!!! :icon_thumright:
Looks great, Sand Man. That is the same as my turkey rig..Those patterns will do just fine..Mike :icon_thumright:
some very uniform patterns there :icon_thumright:
Your numbers with Hevi-13 #7's and the IC .665 are identical to what I'm getting with my 26" barrel Xtrema. I got better results with a Trulock .668 choke than the IC. I'm swapping the .665 IC out for a .675 without the wad catchers to see if the pattern improves.
That's a good looking turkey rig and some wicked patterns.... :icon_thumright:
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Top notch!!!
Great pattern. :z-winnersmiley:
Nice looking gun as well.
God Bless,
David B.
...Ive seen better... :smiley-char092:
Thanks. I'm very pleased with the results.
Quote from: redleg06 on March 08, 2011, 08:47:36 AM
...Ive seen better... :smiley-char092:
Haven't we all! :toothy12:
You've got my rig, except mine has a Pentax Lightseeker 2.5 on top. Everything is dipped in Mothwing Spring Camo.
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Nice patterns :icon_thumright:
Nice pattern! :icon_thumright:
looks good. Like I've said and posted before my SBE2 loves that IC .665 my patterns are very similar. I have a 26" barrel