shot pattern

[Mortblanc]

I was asked for some pictures of other choke patterns for comparison. All these shots were done with either a Mossberg 500 or Remington 870 shotgun using interchangeable choke tubes except for the .410 ful choke, the cylinder bore and the 24" mossberg slug shooting barrel, which gave a very nice even pattern of #7 1/2 shot at short range.

In these shots the big circle is 30", which is standard for patterning at 40 yards.

The small circle is usually 16", which is a good measurement of side to side on a torso.

I tried to avoid using human shaped targets but did slip in one "square guy" when shooting the cylinder bore riot gun barrel (I think that was the 18" Mossberg barrel) since that was its normal usage and you should know what to expect, and it is not much.

turkey full


full


improved cylinder


cylinder


24" slug barrel, no choke 1/2 shot


.410 bore @ 30yards, full choke?