My shotgun made it back home.

It is that time of year again. When I start my turkey season preparation. Last year I bought a Mossberg 930.
I have had some problems with the barrel scratching the mag tube. Also the barrel never lined up just right with the receiver.

 After some calls and emails I tried contacting them on facebook. I got a response right away. They sent me a Fed-Ex shipping label the next day.  I boxed the mossberg up and shipped it to Texas. Where it got a new barrel, mag tube, and new gas system parts. Mossberg covered all cost of the repair.  With in two weeks of shipping it, I had it back.


I remounted my shotgun scope and screwed  my .660 tight wad choke in the muzzle. I made the short drive up to Sportsmen Inc to pattern the new barrel. I brought along some Feddarl #4 & #5 and Hornady #5.

  I set up my targets at 30 yards. I had some old Tyvek in the basement. I drew a eight inch circle on the paper. I also put a small piece of tape for an aiming point. What I look for in a pattern is how many hits in the circle and are the hits spread out within the circle.  Some good info on patterning from the Randy Wakemen:
 http://www.chuckhawks.com/shotgun_chokes_pellets.htm
  http://www.chuckhawks.com/graphic_patterns.htm














  Hornady and Federal are non-tox shells
Hornady are nickel plated lead
Federal are copper plated lead
Hornady   3"- 1.5oz of #5
Federal  3" 2oz of #4 & 5







 First up Was Hornady

The Hornady did not pattern well. At 30yrd my best pattern was 37 hits with a modified choke in a eight inch circle .Hornady recommends the modified. I tried it with the .660 first and only got 30 hits.










The federal #4 & #5 were about even.  I had more hits with the #5. This comes down to that there are just more pellets.


 The #4's best was 77 hits.















And the #5 got anywhere from 90 hist all the way up to 101 hits!








A short video of the day.  http://vimeo.com/63703984