.....even though it was RAINING!
First I shot the Tominator again to see how it would do hunting. I used the same load as last time; 85gr ffg Swiss, 1 3/4 oz by volume B/P #5 nickel shot, B/P Turkey ranger shot cup. Here is the first shot from a fouled bore, 35yds:
Now that's about the worst pattern this shotgun has ever shot! But that's the way it was. Now I think I would have still killed this turkey, expecially since I was shooting #5s. So I loaded up another just as before, second actual shot down the bore:
Now that is MUCH better.... Just wonder if it likes a dirtier bore? I would think the opposite would be true.. At any rate this is a really good pattern!
I got a new TK2000 with a T/H stock...and put a Nikon Monarch 1.5-4.5X20 scope on it...
Not the best photo in the world! Very cloudy/rainy...I'm gonna blame it on the light! 8) At any rate...I can't tell any difference between this TK2000 and my old one(JJ has it now! :lol: ) except for the stock and it includes a non-FPJ breechplug which I don't and won't use.. A representative at Knight told me to try #4s with this gun which I had never done..so TODAY I did! It was very easy to bore sight this gun and I fired one shot at 20yds and was on paper and adjusted the scope. I moved the target to 35yds. Using 90gr Swiss ffg, 1 7/8 ounce by volume Knight #4 shot, B/P Turkey Ranger wad I shot THIS:
Now that's pretty good...especially considering that's #4s! That turkey would have been TOAST! This is one of the better patterns I have shot with a TK2000. SOOO...I decided to load up again and see what would happen on a SECOND shot:
Not NEARLY as good :huh?: I have no idea why.. I'm gonna try again tomorrow and I'll also try the Knight 3.5 inch wad....BTW...it didn't SEEM like this TK2000 kicked as much as the other one I had.. T/H probably helped some and the recoil pad MAY be a little softer...but I don't know...
ANYWAY....here's the way a gun SHOULD pattern at 35yds:
Courtesy of Mossberg 835, Winchester Supreme 3.5 inch #5s!
First I shot the Tominator again to see how it would do hunting. I used the same load as last time; 85gr ffg Swiss, 1 3/4 oz by volume B/P #5 nickel shot, B/P Turkey ranger shot cup. Here is the first shot from a fouled bore, 35yds:
Now that's about the worst pattern this shotgun has ever shot! But that's the way it was. Now I think I would have still killed this turkey, expecially since I was shooting #5s. So I loaded up another just as before, second actual shot down the bore:
Now that is MUCH better.... Just wonder if it likes a dirtier bore? I would think the opposite would be true.. At any rate this is a really good pattern!
I got a new TK2000 with a T/H stock...and put a Nikon Monarch 1.5-4.5X20 scope on it...
Not the best photo in the world! Very cloudy/rainy...I'm gonna blame it on the light! 8) At any rate...I can't tell any difference between this TK2000 and my old one(JJ has it now! :lol: ) except for the stock and it includes a non-FPJ breechplug which I don't and won't use.. A representative at Knight told me to try #4s with this gun which I had never done..so TODAY I did! It was very easy to bore sight this gun and I fired one shot at 20yds and was on paper and adjusted the scope. I moved the target to 35yds. Using 90gr Swiss ffg, 1 7/8 ounce by volume Knight #4 shot, B/P Turkey Ranger wad I shot THIS:
Now that's pretty good...especially considering that's #4s! That turkey would have been TOAST! This is one of the better patterns I have shot with a TK2000. SOOO...I decided to load up again and see what would happen on a SECOND shot:
Not NEARLY as good :huh?: I have no idea why.. I'm gonna try again tomorrow and I'll also try the Knight 3.5 inch wad....BTW...it didn't SEEM like this TK2000 kicked as much as the other one I had.. T/H probably helped some and the recoil pad MAY be a little softer...but I don't know...
ANYWAY....here's the way a gun SHOULD pattern at 35yds:
Courtesy of Mossberg 835, Winchester Supreme 3.5 inch #5s!