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Anyone know a good source, mail order or otherwise, for pre-printed shotgun pattern sheets? I'm speaking of those that show a target center and a 30-inch circle divided into quadrants or smaller subdivisions. Thanks for any help.
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This isn't the direct answer to your question but I'll offer an exoperienced suggestion. Patterns very seldom hit exactly in the center of those pre-printed sheets, making the divisions and other pre-printed sections pretty useless. Better to buy plain paper, on source being Lowe's. They have 36"X 36 yds. rolls of "contactor's paper, for about 7 bucks.
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I used large rolls of 'butcher paper' mounted on a roller with a tear off bar for all my initial patterning madness of 40 years ago, but find the plate to be more user friendly today. Its so easy to take a digital pic., if you want, & too there is the software program that can analyze the digital pics from scanning them or some such designed & sold by Dr. Jones. I don't have his program or orderig info, but would not hesitate to look into it if you are as curious as I was back when. Its beats counting holes by any measurement imaginable.
FWIW, in my paper days, I made plexiglass templates that I could overlay on the pattern using 'eye-balling' for the centering method. One was 30" in dia. & the other 20" .. realized that one does not need the quadrant business to effectively evaluate a pattern, the annular circle is aprox. 50% of the area described by the 30" circle.
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Sidelock
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I go to the local newspaper printing plant and buy end rolls of news print, 36, 42 & 48" widths and about $5 for a few hundred yards.
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Here's what has worked great for me. Go to the office supply store (Office Depot, Staples) and buy an easle pad that has the 1 inch squares printed on the sheets - kind of like large engineering paper. 50 sheets for $12.00. The pads are about 30 inches x 36 inches. You can easily determine how many inches your pattern is off by counting the squares.
Tom C
�There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.�
Aldo Leopold
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