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Turkey Guns & Shooting => Turkey Guns => Topic started by: 10gaugemag on March 24, 2015, 08:09:56 PM

Title: Winchester XX 3" HV #6
Post by: 10gaugemag on March 24, 2015, 08:09:56 PM
Is anyone or has anyone run the Winny HV 3" 1 3/4oz. #6 lead? I don't seem to see much about these. Thinking of trying a few in the Gold with Jellyhead, Jellyhead Max and a couple other tubes I have right now.
Title: Re: Winchester XX 3" HV #6
Post by: roboto65 on March 24, 2015, 09:24:54 PM
I got some and well I am a newbie to it all and new to me 835 Turkey Thug with red dot.

I sighted in with lighter loads then shot the 3 inch XX first off that gun kicks so that may have been it but could not get a good pattern so may have to work at it more. Again I am new at patterning a Turkey gun
Title: Re: Winchester XX 3" HV #6
Post by: surehuntsalot on March 24, 2015, 10:58:01 PM
not the 3" 1-3/4 stuff, but I shoot the 3" 2oz and the 3-1/2" 2-1/4oz #6's in my 835 and 3" Rem.1100
Title: Re: Winchester XX 3" HV #6
Post by: budtripp on March 25, 2015, 12:17:41 AM
I shot several birds with this load back in the early to mid 2000's. Then for whatever reason my local Walmart stopped stocking the 6's (as well as most everything else) and only carried 5's. Then I switched to 5's.
Title: Re: Winchester XX 3" HV #6
Post by: Longshanks on March 26, 2015, 09:14:52 AM
I shot some of my best lead patterns with that Win HV 1 3/4 6's out of an extrema and jellyhead .660. The best lead patterns I've come up with out of my other guns is with XX 3/2/6's
Title: Re: Winchester XX 3" HV #6
Post by: stinkpickle on March 26, 2015, 10:35:57 AM
All of my 3" guns preferred the XX 3-2-6's.  In fact, they liked the SuperX 3-1 7/8-6's better, too.
Title: Re: Winchester XX 3" HV #6
Post by: Oconeeguy on March 26, 2015, 10:45:36 AM
Clean the heck out of your barrel before patterning again. I think This is the accepted standard for how it is done:

http://allaboutshooting.com/article_info.php?articles_id=282
Title: Re: Winchester XX 3" HV #6
Post by: 10gaugemag on March 26, 2015, 10:53:10 AM
I shot it fouled and also squeaky clean. It took 3 shots from the clean barrel to start patterning . Shiny clean shot an overall pattern of almost 3'. 3 shots in shrunk to just over 20". Gun prefers a dab of fouling.
Title: Re: Winchester XX 3" HV #6
Post by: Longshanks on March 26, 2015, 05:35:14 PM
Quote from: stinkpickle on March 26, 2015, 10:35:57 AM
All of my 3" guns preferred the XX 3-2-6's.  In fact, they liked the SuperX 3-1 7/8-6's better, too.

Those have been my two best patterning Win Pb 6's before the LB's. Have 8-10 boxes of each at the house. Them's turkey killin shells.  :fud: :OGani: