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I am hot set up to load 16s so at the time I ordered these I had to take what they had (witch was'nt much). I origanally wanted 5s and 7 1/2s. I am surprised at the difference in patterns. I will have to try patterning the no 6s.
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12-20-2013, 04:34 PM | #4 | ||||||
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There are all sorts of opinions but the only way you will really find out for yourself is to pattern the gun with different loads at different distances.
All of my Parker 16's pattern well with 6's and with full choke are effective between 40-60 yards provided I do my job. Usually when the target is missed the problem is at the rear of the gun. For #5 shot in a 16, the pattern gets raggedy, so I favor 6's and 7 1/2's in a 16. #5 shot is better put through a larger bore gun when you need long distance penetration. |
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12-20-2013, 04:35 PM | #5 | ||||||
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Yeah, shot size can make a difference. Pattern some 6 shot and see what you get.
I personally like small game hunting with 6 shot. Seems to have more stopping power.
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12-20-2013, 04:37 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Just remember..... Misses are measured in feet, a difference in choke only gives you inches.
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12-20-2013, 05:11 PM | #7 | ||||||
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I must have shot at seven or eight squirles over a couple of days an never killed a single one so I switched guns. Huinted with about five differnt guns and I never missed another squirle. When I patterned the gun today it shot right to point of aim. When I was trying to hunt with it you would have thought I was fireing blanks. Confuseing.
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12-20-2013, 05:20 PM | #8 | ||||||
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To Bruce's point. I find gun mount and sight picture are the biggest culprits in missed shots. Chokes and shot size are seldom the problem. If you can hit what you aim at when something is stationery, make sure you have the same sight picture when your mount is quicker and not deliberate. Cheek weld can come into play when mount a shoot are not so deliberate. I borrowed a Parker (thanks Doc) for some grouse hunting this fall and it was my first Parker. I had to keep telling myself as I mounted the gun, "keep your head down, keep your head down," BANG!
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Its the gun support member. Get that calibrated correctly and you'll hit. PS, Russ is an NRA instructor and has taught hundreds of boys and girls to shoot shotguns in the Boy Scout program. |
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12-20-2013, 05:29 PM | #10 | ||||||
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Wayne,
Just out of curiosity have you checked to see if the gun truly fits you? Aiming a gun versus quickly mounting a gun and firing at moving game are two totally different situations. When aiming at a stationary target you can pretty much make any gun hit it's target. Mount, swing, fire and hit your target requires a gun that fit you. Just a thought. |
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