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Originally Posted by Rick Losey
why?????
a 24 inch circle is about 63% of the area of a 30 standard pattern circle
so- assuming an even spread - that is about 273 pellets in a 30 inch circle at 45 yards - 5 yards past standard range
so at 45 yards - assuming a 1 1/8 ounce load of 8s that is about a 60% pattern.
bring it back 5 yards you may well be in the 70% range
the chokes on this gun are still .026 and .028
so - whether you use pellet count or choke constriction, that comes out to about imp mod- light full depending on what chart you use
i expect them to kill ducks and not wound them
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Damn Rick! I KNEW I shoulda applied myself in math class...instead of sneaking out to fish and hunt!!!
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