mudhen Posted March 19, 2007 Posted March 19, 2007 This year I played around with all sorts of other guns, chokes, loads, etc. But as usual, the Benelli just keeps winning my favor when turkey season comes around. SBE II, B Shim, Primos Jellyhead .660, and 3.5" Winchester XR 6's. The patterning board was just getting hammered! The H-13 was a bit affected by the wind. I may not get a bird, but it won't be the gun's fault Quote
swat1018 Posted March 28, 2007 Posted March 28, 2007 Have you noticed any penetration problems with the XR 6's. I patterned them in three different gun/choke combos with great patterns. But, each time I found shot in the paper plate! I removed the plate and found A LOT of shot on the surface of the plywood the plate was stapled to. Not impressed with the energy. Just wondering if you found the same, my nitro 4 x 5 x 7 penetrated the plywood with the 4's at 40 yds. Quote
HOGWILD Posted March 28, 2007 Posted March 28, 2007 Do not use plywood as a target backer? plywood happens to be some dense material and hardly feel it could be used as a benchmark for penetration? but it's basically whatever you feel works best for you, i feel that any hev-shot is better than any lead product but using plywood for a penetration test? turkeys kneck is not quite as hard as plywood so how could this be compared to a non kill? Quote
mudhen Posted March 28, 2007 Author Posted March 28, 2007 Have you noticed any penetration problems with the XR 6's. I patterned them in three different gun/choke combos with great patterns. But, each time I found shot in the paper plate! I removed the plate and found A LOT of shot on the surface of the plywood the plate was stapled to. Not impressed with the energy. Just wondering if you found the same, my nitro 4 x 5 x 7 penetrated the plywood with the 4's at 40 yds. I have found it to be very effective. Very. Effective. No complaints from these guys: Quote
HOGWILD Posted March 28, 2007 Posted March 28, 2007 Looks like a couple well penetrated Gobblers , did you have them stand in front of a plywood pattern board prior to penetration? Quote
TT Posted March 29, 2007 Posted March 29, 2007 I've gotten good patterns with my SBE and briley super turkey win 3.5 #6 and great patterns with my rhino 660 and 4x5x7. Quote
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