As several have said, keep it to 6's or 7's. I have never shot the 7's, but am not saying I won't. Another question, when u patterned the weapon, did u shoot from a bench or free hand it? Just to eliminate any human errors on the pattern board. I always pattern from the bench for such reasons and then know if I wiff it later, its my fault. I only saw 1 pattern but it looked good to me for roasted turkey for dinner!!!