[whats your favorite duck load]

this season, I have been very impressed with the Wingmaster HD loads. 3" #6 in 20 gauge and it brought down canada and snow geese consistently.

 

WITH the Remington rebate, I will shot it every year...without the rebate, I'll head back to the ole reliable 12 gauge 3" #3 steel loads.

 

Cost on sale at Cabelas was $229 minus the $150 remington rebate = $80 (free shipping). Less tha $1 per shot which is where my pain level begins.

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hey oldflick...I am right up the road from you in Somers Point area...too funny

[choke tube test results and a question for the "experts"]

Goose2...thanks for the good input...I thought about trying a magnetic sight but quite honestly, I've been shooting the gun so well this season, I don;t want to change anything!

 

I'll track my shooting and see where this ends up at the end of the season.

[choke tube test results and a question for the "experts"]

not to jinx myself but the 20 gague is sweet...I've tried to choose a sight plane a bit lower than normal and the results have been good.

 

The Kent matrix shells that I had from a few seasons ago are a nice load. I will be trying the WIngmaster HD loads soon.

 

Any input on the HD shotshells?

[choke tube test results and a question for the "experts"]

not one person has any insight???

 

are there any Benelli folks that read these forums?

 

TIA

[choke tube test results and a question for the "experts"]

and since this was my first post, I am not making any representations on any product...except my SBEs (I own two SBEs and one 20 G M1)

 

Thanks for any help with the "high" shooting issue on the 20G

[choke tube test results and a question for the "experts"]

I purchased a pair of Kicks chioke tube extenders in Modified for my 20 g and 12 g SBE Benelli's...most of the ballistics reports that I have read spoke highly of the ability of these tubes to tighten patterns especially with larger steel loads.

 

Here are the results:

 

20 G Benelli 3" #5 Kent Impact

 

# of hits within a 30" circle at 35 yards with Kicks modified = 88 with Benelli factory modified = 96

 

of note was the fact that there were 49 just high hits (on paper, but outside of circle) with the Benelii facotory modified choke...very few with the Kicks choke

 

 

 

12 G Benelli 3" #3 Fiocchi Steel

 

# of hits within a 30" circle at 35 yards with Kicks modified = 139 with Benelli factory modified = 113 (23% improvement)

 

Kicks provided a much nicer pattern on the larger steel pellet than the tungsten pellet...I am returning the 20 G choke tube and keeping the 12 G.

 

Now I need to determine how to shoot a bit lower with the 20 g to get that pattern up to 145 pellets in the circle!!

 

Or should I adjust the drop to "C"? Any insights?