I don't know if I blew the shot or if it was too thick for the
buckshot pattern ...
The complaint may be that groups look like a
buckshot pattern, or they may be acceptable in size but in the wrong place.
This was absolutely consistent with the time it takes a human body to spin away from danger to it, and with the
buckshot pattern entry wounds found on Tygon Walker.
Caption: Federal three-inch load with five OOO
buckshot pattern at 10 yards.
Trigger press had turned into a game of "sights on, snatch-it-back-now," and my one-ragged-hole groups now looked like a
buckshot pattern, often in the wrong place on the target.
The reasons for this include excessive recoil, a high degree of proficiency in operation, potential collateral damage from the
buckshot pattern, and the limited effective range with buckshot.
I fired my
buckshot patterns primarily at 10 and 20 yards and found that they stayed tight.
The Boar Blaster Choke Tube from Trulock is a 4-inch choke tube with a 0.030-inch constriction designed to produce tight 00 and 000
buckshot patterns. Hog hunters will appreciate producing tighter patterns and placing more pellets on target.
Federal Premium's Tactical 12-gauge Buckshot ammunition delivers tight
buckshot patterns without barrel alterations or aftermarket choke tubes.
Back 20+ years ago there was a big push to develop ways to shrink the size of
buckshot patterns to extend the range of the shotgun.
The pattern is designed to expand one inch for every yard--pretty much the rate most
buckshot patterns expand from shotguns.
World' that nothing throws better
buckshot patterns than cylinder bore.