I just recently purchased a Mossberg 835 ultimag with the factory choke and want to know from those with a few more shooting years on me what the best thing to do on patterning my gun.
I am limited on money so I would rather shoot more at my personal targets which are a 3" circle with a 1 3/4" circle in the center of that and use a number of different shot shells to see which shoots best from my gun.
I plan on using 3" mag in sizes 4, 5, and 6 shot, but I am also open to using 3 1/2" mags in the same shot sizes.
My question is how many shots should Ifire at each distance which I plan on going from 10-50 yards in 10 yard increments. When I sight my rifle in I use a three shot pattern for each bullet should I do the same?
I know that the best thing to really do is use a turkey target at my set ranges but like I said I would rather use the limited amount of money I have left to find the best shell for my gun.