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IS THIS WHY I MISS MORE WITH DOUBLES THAN AUTOS AND O/Us?
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Default IS THIS WHY I MISS MORE WITH DOUBLES THAN AUTOS AND O/Us?

Having noticed that all of my shot patterns were way off when experimenting with Tungsten Super Shot at forty yards, I decided to buy laser bore lights in both 12 and 20 gauge.

So today I took out three 12 gauge guns and put them in a Caldwell Lead Sled to hold them stationary on a target at forty yards (my typical sighting in distance for turkeys). The results were horrible to say the least. I even rotated the laser bore lights to see if they were the culprit, but there was no change. I don't think the lasers are defective.

The first gun was a Parker VH with .040 left and .042 right in 30" barrels. The results were so bad I went and got another VH with .027 in both barrels. Again way off at forty yards from point of aim to where the laser indicated the center of the bore was. So I went and got a 32" Ithaca NID. Same bad results but the right barrel was the best of the whole lot. When I moved in to 30 yards thinking the barrels may have been regulated to a closer distance, the same bad results. Is this why I may have more misses with doubles than with single barreled sighting planes? Has anyone else tried this?

I once took an L.C. Smith to a shooting match (Turkey Shoot). I found out I had to aim at the top right corner of the target at 30 yards to center the pattern on the X in the center.

40 YARD PHOTOS
ITHACA NID RIGHT MODIFIED
ITHACA NID LEFT FULL
PARKER VH RIGHT FULL
PARKER VH LEFT FULL
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