Lloyd,
Spent some time patterning today. Thought you may like this.
I bought a bag of sg28II wads to experiment with 7/8oz loads for my NH grouse hunt next month. I compared my normal 3/4oz load #8's to the 7/8oz with #8's as well.
The gun is a WC Scott choked .010 and .013. I would have just opted for a 20ga with 7/8oz, but the Scott fits me like a glove and I shoot it the best of all my shotguns.
I was using 24" square craft paper as that was something my wife had available, and I'm looking for a comparison and pattern density at 30yards not what the choke is.
From the right barrel, the pellet count for the 3/4oz load was 114. The pellet count for the 7/8oz load was 148!
From the left barrel the pellet count for the 3/4oz load was 127. I was disappointed with the pattern from both barrels with the 3/4oz load at 30yards. Just to thin.
The 7/8oz load looked so good that I shot the left barrel with 7/8oz of 7-1/2's. Pellet count was 137 and well dispersed. A grouse couldn't get thru the 8's in the right barrel or the 7-1/2's from the left.
I'm going to try the 3/4oz at 22/23 yards tomorrow with 8's in the right barrel and see what that looks like. If it's to tight I might try the Polywad "tacks".
So far so good.
Moral or the story... you can get good patterns with 7/8oz loads.
AA hulls
23.7gr lilgun (actually used 22.2)
sg28II wads
7/8oz
1225 fps
9600psi
From the Hodgdon site (confirm the load before you use it)
Thanks Builder!
Hope this helps!
Last edited by ithaca1; 09/14/16 08:28 PM.
