ORIGINAL: superstrutter
ORIGINAL: SwampCollie
ORIGINAL: superstrutter
What are you calling a sloppy pattern? You don't have to have 200 plus hits at 40 to kill a bird at or beyond 40. If you have over 100 at 40, that's going to be a dead bird. I personally, would rather have a little more open pattern than what some of you are describing. I know I can kill him at 50 if I need to, but I also know I will have no problem killing him at 10 or 15. I'm not knocking anyone who loves a real tight pattern at 40 and beyond. I would like to see though, in person, not a picture on a computer, 300 hits in a 10 inch circle at 40 yards.
If you've got ducks I'd gladly drive down there in the winter and let you shoot the gun yourself
I put a 2-7x32 scope on the gun two springs ago and haven't missed a bird with it since. In the spring of 2006 I shot a bird at 18 yards and nearly took his head off. Took another one at about 25 and a third at 35. Only shot one with the bow last spring. Having the scope helps a lot with close shots I suspect. That and having the bird hold still for a second.
I've got ducks, but not like it used to be. You know the story I'm sure. Swamp, you going blind man. Only old blind people use scopes to hunt turkeys.
Hey that 7x magnification is a requirement on them 30 yard shots!
I leave it on 2x. Honestly I wanted a 1-4x but the shop I was at didn't have one, and I liked the 2-7x. The fiber optic sights that came standard on the gun would not adjust the pattern down far enough. I would of had to shoot at the bottom tip of a birds beard to center punch the head with the pattern. That was the main reason behind the scope. With removable rings, it was pulling double duty as a turkey and muzzleloader scope... went out and bought another one like it for the smoke pole