.568 Carlson long beard choke at 40 yds, 75 degrees, and federal heavyweight tss #9 through my rem 870 youth.
(310-10)
I don't see a turkey walking through that!
A few more patterns.
Tight wad choke.
Trulock choke.
looking good
All good
I like the tightwad . Looks more even and a bit of coverage outside the 10".
Trulock pic is a little hard to tell
I agree that the Tightwad is the best pattern. The pattern with the highest 10" count is not always the best. When evaluating TSS patterns, I would highly recommend counting the 10-20" ring as well as the 10". Some patterns with super hot cores leave the 10-20" ring pretty sparse, seriously cutting down on wiggle room. Anything over 250/10 is overkill. After shooting this stuff for a decade, I would much rather have a 250/250 pattern than a 350/150 one.
Quote from: owlhoot on February 23, 2018, 08:18:59 PM
All good
I like the tightwad . Looks more even and a bit of coverage outside the 10".
Turlock pic is a little hard to tell
Great patterns but I'm with owlhoot on the Tightwad pattern for an overall hunting pattern. I like a dense 10" and a solid even 20".
Quote from: Tom Foolery on February 24, 2018, 08:26:54 AM
Quote from: owlhoot on February 23, 2018, 08:18:59 PM
All good
I like the tightwad . Looks more even and a bit of coverage outside the 10".
Turlock pic is a little hard to tell
Great patterns but I'm with owlhoot on the Tightwad pattern for an overall hunting pattern. I like a dense 10" and a solid even 20".
Count me in for the Tightwad. Looks like a perfect hunting pattern!
This is looking good. The $27 federal are shooting on par with hand loads. This is good news.
You happen to get a total pellet count to double check the payload?
TightWad is what I would go with as well! Great patterns.
Rightward ????????????
Went through a BUNCH of chokes for my 870 youth turkey build. Found three that really worked well. One $60 coke, one $30 choke and the $10 Primos tightwad. Dont shoot TSS, just the HW 7s but that thing gives me as good or better patterns with fed FC wad loads as the $60 model. Weird how that works...