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Originally Posted by David Holes
I have patterned alot of different sxs's without a laser and have only had one that did not center the pattern, I have no idea why you need a laser to pattern a shotgun.
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To each his own. I have patterned every gun I own. I keep the patterns with a description of choke/shot size/ounces of shot/etc. I bought the lasers to see why the guns patterned the way they did. And the laser confirms it for me that they are not shooting to point of aim in many cases of guns choked that one would think would have great centered patterns. I can't think a Parker VH with .042 in each barrel would have been a 30 yard gun. Some guns do, some don't and almost none as the distance grows. With I.C. at 20 yards it hardly matters.
It does confirm that with a side by side, at greater distances the centers of the right and left will cross at some point and so will the vertical between the top of the rib and center of the bore. Each right barrel will go to the left at longer distances, and each left barrel will head to the right at distances beyond the regulated point, and almost all patterns are going to keep rising at the greater distances. So it could be the dove or goose I miss with the right barrel at forty yards shot behind him, and the left if I miss may be way in front of him and only bring feathers in each case. Thus why I shoot my A5s a lot better than my doubles.
Sorry I submitted this.