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the shotgun may be - but - is your shotgunner effective at 60 yards?
some are, many aren't
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Pete,
Goood question! I never bothered to pattern them at almost $3 a shot! Mark
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Pete,
I can't pattern those Parkers because it's illegal to shoot lead at Canada Geese! Honestly, I'll get wrapped up into pressure testing and such but for patterns, I accept that if it kills the game at the selected range(s) the patterns are effective! As unscientific as this seems, this systems works for me! Statically, any of my Parker 10's from lifter to hammerless, provide similar results on geese. All those Parker's have choke constrictions of about .030". I have a couple LC Smith 10 gauges with constrictions of .050". With them, I did not have the same success. The way my brain analyzes everthing, if I were to pattern my shotguns then for every target that I shot at I'd be having a bout of paralysis by analysis! Like Tuco said, "If you're going to shoot, just Shoot!", or something like that... Mark
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i have a few guns that are60 yard guns and beyound...but i have a lot of guns that are 30 to 40 yard guns...only my full choke guns are amy good out to the 60 yard mark....this is a good discusion... charlie
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07-17-2013, 05:40 PM | #9 | ||||||
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The guns I've got that I know will shoot a long way will never get patterned by me. I'm afraid they wouldn't look good on paper then I'd be leery of them. I know my big 34 inch DHE will shoot a good 10 yards further than my Magnum 10 gauge believe it or not. The 10 gauge is a 50+ yard gun, the 12 gauge kills them 60+.
DLH
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07-17-2013, 08:41 PM | #10 | ||||||
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I have never patterned any of mine But I liked petes targets so much I ordered a dozen. I will try one or two guns on them. Hope this isnt adictive
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