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Unread 12-22-2025, 11:01 PM   #122
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Originally Posted by Pete Lester View Post
Be sure to pattern test the shells with those plastic chips as an overshot card. It doesn't take much of anything over the shot to create a spreader load. I found a thin nitro card, .0125, over the shot and under a fold crimp will reduce a pattern by as much as 30% at 40 yards.
When you say reduce a pattern, you mean the shot pattern opens up with an overshot card under a fold crimp?
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