leeharrysouth Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I have a 12 gage Nova Pump tactical with an 18 1/2 inch barrel. I have been shooting No. 8 Remington game/upland bird loads and Winchester low recoil "featherweight" 00 buckshot. Can anyone give me an idea of the aprox. effective range and width of pattern to expect at that range with these loads. Also, what pattern to expect at aprox. 12 yards. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapshooter1 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I have a 12 gage Nova Pump tactical with an 18 1/2 inch barrel. I have been shooting No. 8 Remington game/upland bird loads and Winchester low recoil "featherweight" 00 buckshot. Can anyone give me an idea of the aprox. effective range and width of pattern to expect at that range with these loads. Also, what pattern to expect at aprox. 12 yards. Thanks First we need to know what kind of choke do you have it the gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody6.0 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 First we need to know what kind of choke do you have it the gun. The Tactical 18" barrel is a fixed cylinder design. As for patterning I put around 3,000 rounds of similar birdshot through my own SNT and also around 500 rounds of Winchester 00 buckshot. Shooting the birdshot from roughly 12-15 yards would produce around a 20" spread on paper. As for 00 buckshot it was a bit better but random flyers was the norm with maybe half the load arriving on target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeharrysouth Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Thanks for the info. That gives me a good idea on the pattern. I wonder why half the loads are lost as flyers. Is this a normal thing? Any ideas on the effective range of both loads. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novaking Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Thanks for the info. That gives me a good idea on the pattern. I wonder why half the loads are lost as flyers. Is this a normal thing? Any ideas on the effective range of both loads. Thanks What are you shooting at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapshooter1 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I wonder why half the loads are lost as flyers. Because the shot spreads out more and more the further it travels and a fixed choke tactical barrel will have a fairly open choke probably not tighter than mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobtanium Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 The larger the shot you use, the tighter the pattern will be as a rule. OOO Buck should give you a bit more range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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