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Unread 01-27-2021, 12:27 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy View Post
A Skeets type bore micrometer would be a good investment for the curious mind at about $140.00. Search on shotgunworld.com forums for a source.
So would a couple of hours at a decent patterning board at measured yardages. I have gotten back into it lately after acquiring more guns than I owned at the time I was really spending a lot of time doing it (c. 1970s-80s). I can tell you, the results are really eye-opening and there are some real surprises. For instance, as Dean notes, plastic shells with poly shot cups tend to show tighter patterns, but the modern soft-wadded loads (felt-wad RST, Eley, etc.) consistently show better patterns with more even distribution at given ranges.
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