What do you consider an "across the room" distance
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7 yards or 21 ft, either distance would be fine.
I like to stretch it out a bit to around 15 to 25 yards.
Most stores are made up of one big room if you think about it.
I like to stretch it out a bit to around 15 to 25 yards.
Most stores are made up of one big room if you think about it.
If you are going to be using shot loads of any size distance will be critical, because at contact distnce to 10 yards the pattern will go from the proverbial "solid" pellet mass to a modest spread.
I would do some basic pattern spread tests with each of your chosen loads first at 3, 7 and 10 yards. If you want to test individual pellet penetration you want to make sure the pattern has opened sufficiently for each to create it's own path in the medium. You can then test them on the medium.
Bear in mind that if you are using the traditional 000 buck load of nine pellets that even at ten yards there will be gaps in the pattern and your target medium frontal area will have to be sufficiently large to catch at least one pellet to get any results.
If you want to know what will happen at contact to 3 yards you can also shoot at about 2 yards to get an idea of what the wound effect will be and penetration.
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I would do some basic pattern spread tests with each of your chosen loads first at 3, 7 and 10 yards. If you want to test individual pellet penetration you want to make sure the pattern has opened sufficiently for each to create it's own path in the medium. You can then test them on the medium.
Bear in mind that if you are using the traditional 000 buck load of nine pellets that even at ten yards there will be gaps in the pattern and your target medium frontal area will have to be sufficiently large to catch at least one pellet to get any results.
If you want to know what will happen at contact to 3 yards you can also shoot at about 2 yards to get an idea of what the wound effect will be and penetration.
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Je Suis Prest
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