Orr89rocz
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I completed building my slug gun and i like it. Recoil now is fairly manageable for some hot loads. Still quite a beast but bench manageable. The gun is a 870 Supermag turkey gun and i added the 23inch super slug barrel and Pine Ridge Lever Evolution scope and Knoxx SpecOps NRS stock with Powerpak. Tacstar 3 shot extension and barrel clamp is on its way. In the stock i added a lead filled 1/2 inch by 4-4.5" copper tube to add weight. In the magazine extension i added a lead filled 3/4inch x 5.5" steel pipe. So the gun only holds 5 like stock but the balance is nice and it weighs abit over 11lbs empty. 
Took it out to shoot some of my Winchester Platinum Tip Slugs today. 400 grains at 1700fps. I had the gun somewhat zeroed before and decided to check it. 100 yard range
To my surprise my first 5 shots were horrible and i have no idea why. brand new box of ammo produced this group.
Aiming at top left black square and 3 shots hit the target. 2 flew high and left off target and i think it may have been the way i held the gun, wasnt holding the muzzle end down hard enough and i think it threw the shots high. the other shots felt good. I was shocked nonetheless. I was like this isnt as accurate as i hoped so i clicked the scope down abit to "center" the pattern.
grabbed a DIFFERENT box of ammunition of Platinum tips and had 3 shots aiming at the bottom right black square. no other changes and it shot the best group i've ever seen from a slug gun. I'll have to get back out and try again to see if this was a fluke or not.
Could it been a bad box of ammo? I dont understand how a full 5 shots could be so crappy then 3 others within a inch square! I didnt change how I shot the gun at all. Held it comfortably and firm on the forearm and held that end down while i squeezed off. Any ideas? I'd be abit upset if a 15 dollar box of 5 shells was not loaded consistantly. Maybe my scoped needed rocked around before it "settled".
Took it out to shoot some of my Winchester Platinum Tip Slugs today. 400 grains at 1700fps. I had the gun somewhat zeroed before and decided to check it. 100 yard range
To my surprise my first 5 shots were horrible and i have no idea why. brand new box of ammo produced this group.
Aiming at top left black square and 3 shots hit the target. 2 flew high and left off target and i think it may have been the way i held the gun, wasnt holding the muzzle end down hard enough and i think it threw the shots high. the other shots felt good. I was shocked nonetheless. I was like this isnt as accurate as i hoped so i clicked the scope down abit to "center" the pattern.
grabbed a DIFFERENT box of ammunition of Platinum tips and had 3 shots aiming at the bottom right black square. no other changes and it shot the best group i've ever seen from a slug gun. I'll have to get back out and try again to see if this was a fluke or not.
Could it been a bad box of ammo? I dont understand how a full 5 shots could be so crappy then 3 others within a inch square! I didnt change how I shot the gun at all. Held it comfortably and firm on the forearm and held that end down while i squeezed off. Any ideas? I'd be abit upset if a 15 dollar box of 5 shells was not loaded consistantly. Maybe my scoped needed rocked around before it "settled".