Originally Posted by
gun870guy
This isn't meant to be a smart remark or anything... but if I take a 3d target, like a can the approx height of a turkey and shoot it... I know what my pattern looks like without shootin a piece of paper. I know if I pulled the shot, I know if I have holes... I dont care what happens outside of that can... I just know the can is dead, and so wont a turkey... I don't care if you've shot 200 turkeys over the last 50 years or whatever... count all the holes you want... If you put a beer can on a stick and rock its ass at 35 yards... Turkeys goin down. Anything outside of that is details that wont matter if ya cant shoot.
I agree with both of you but saying that have to pull towards Todd1700 more because a beer can is not a proper way of patterning any load on any shotgun. I have seen a shotgun shoot well out of a soda can radius to the left, right, up, or down. That being said I do see gun870guy's point in that if I am shooting at a turkey, deer, rabbit, or any game's head or neck I won't have a shotgun with me that does not shoot a very close POA.