02/07/2009 - SBE2 Patterning Results with Pics
Well, here is the breakdown from my most recent patterning.
Conditions:
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Temperature 50-55F
Clear, sunny skies
Light variable winds 0-10mph
Shooting Details:
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Benelli SBE2/SBEII with C shim installed for lowest POI possible with stock shims.
Gun barrel and previously used chokes cleaned and buffed with a power drill, copper brush, and solvent. Action cleaned and lightly oiled.
Bore snake with light solvent run through the gun between every single shot. Visually verified no debris or buildup in the barrel between shots. If seen, additional runs of the bore snake until clean.
All shots taken from a Caldwell LeadSled off a table.
Patterning sheets are roughly 3'x3'
3" targets put on center of all patterning paper sheets.
All shot alignment was overlaying the center bead, front bed, and 3" target in 3 concentric circles with a flush view to the rear sight shelf of the barrel, i.e. the target is essentially covered by the beads.
Shotshells:
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Hevi-Shot Dead Coyote 12 3 1/2" T
Remington Wingmaster HD RW1235VT 12 3 1/2" 1350 1 5/8 T
Remington Wingmaster HD RW1235MB 12 3 1/2" 1300 1 3/4 BB
Hevi-Shot Dead Coyote 12 3" T
Remington Wingmaster HD RW12VT 12 3" 1300 1 1/2 T
Remington Wingmaster HD RW12HMB 12 3" 1300 1 1/2 BB
New Chokes Tested:
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.660 Primos Jelly Head Choke Tube (Ported)
.675 Cabela's Choke Tubes for Hevi-Shot Turkey Extra Full (Non Ported)
.685 HS Undertaker (Ported)
.695 HS Undertaker Hevi-shot (Ported)
.695 Cabela's Choke Tubes for Hevi-shot Full (Non Ported)
.695 Kicks Ind Buck Kicker Light-Full (Ported)
.??? Carlson CRIO PLUS Dead Coyote Choke (Non Ported)
Existing Chokes, New Tests:
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.660 Rhino 2" Extended (Ported)
.685 Kicks Ind Buck Kicker Full (Ported)
.685 Primos Dead Deer (Ported)
Predator Shot Results:
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.660 Rhino Choke 2" Extended (Ported)
3" Remington Wingmaster HD T
40 yards
Notes: Pretty gappy and a little left heavy, nothing that caught my eye.
.660 Rhino Choke 2" Extended (Ported)
3" Remington Wingmaster HD BB
40 yards
Notes: Clearly left heavy and more vertically distributed.
.660 Primos Jelly Head (Ported)
3.5" Dead Coyote T
40 yards
Notes: Left heavy but reasonable if I'd shift my POA over to the primary POI for this load. Still a bit gappy.
.660 Primos Jelly Head (Ported)
3.5" Remington Wingmaster HD T
40 yards
Notes: "WOW" is what I said when I saw the paper. In retrospect, this pattern is SO bad, I probably should have shot it again to see if maybe a Fiocchi shell got mixed in with the box! Haha
.660 Primos Jelly Head (Ported)
3.5" Remington Wingmaster HD BB
40 yards
Notes: Not a horrible pattern, again clearly left heavy (you'll see that a lot with this gun) with some gaps.
.660 Primos Jelly Head (Ported)
3" Dead Coyote T
40 yards
Notes: A little strange of a pattern, but with some good center strikes, I still want better.
.660 Primos Jelly Head (Ported)
3" Remington Wingmaster HD T
40 yards
Notes: Good centering just a smidge high, and a little right heavy...but 20%+ of the pattern is lost high and out. Overall, not bad though.
.660 Primos Jelly Head (Ported)
3" Remington Wingmaster HD BB
40 yards
Notes: Fair to the left and a bit high, good clustering there, but some noticeable gaps at POA high and directly left.
