AFPJ Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Hope somoeone can explain this obsevation as I am a newbie shotgunner: We shot a Nova 18 inch barrel alongside my M4. Nova has fixed choke, no idea what. Used a modified in the M4. With small pellets ie 7 bird shot, the Nova patterns much wider than the M4 at 7 yards. But as the pellets got bigger, the Nova sigificantly tightened its group while the M4 was fairly consistent. Finally using 00 buck, the Nova seemed to pattern into a 3 inch hole...no spaces between pellets!. The M4 was still about 6 inches. We've decided that #4 buck was probably best for home defense. A 3 inch magnum left us stunned and both our shoulders aching for a few minutes. Thanks for any info. Support your local PJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1014 Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 geeeeeee,maybe the US military should've bought a bunch of novas instead of M4s lol lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFPJ Posted June 4, 2006 Author Share Posted June 4, 2006 Would've been a little cheaper! Support your local PJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1014 Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 good point,,the US military did in fact consider other angles like reliability,,which is as they say "worth the price",,,etc,etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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