Range Report - New GM 62cal Smoothie
 

Friday I got my 62cal GM smoothbore in the mail tht I had bought. First thing I did was put the barrel on my Renegade and load up to go shoot it!

I first tried using 90gr KIK FFG, one over the powder card, shot cup, and some #5 shot. The cup held about 7/8oz of shot. At fifteen yards or so I was not too impressed with the pattern.

I figured I needed to get more shot in there so next I loaded 90gr FFG KIK, one over the shot card, a fiber wad, and 90gr (1-1/4oz) of #5 shot. I liked the pattern much better with this load since there were a lot more BB's out there. I think that will conclude my turkey load. I might try 100gr FFG KIK and 100gr #5 shot next time I go the range though.

I think I am going to forget about using the shot cups for turkey since they dont hold very much lead. I will save those for rabbits or whatever. If I find some that will hold 1-1/4oz of shot or so I might try them.

I am glad I got this barrel for my Renegade. Hopefully this week I will get some roundballs casted for it to try out.

RE: Range Report - New GM 62cal Smoothie
 

Sharp - Did you get any pics of the pattern? I'm getting the urge to try BP shotgunning for turkey. But the prices of the shotguns is really up there.

RE: Range Report - New GM 62cal Smoothie
 

I did get a pic but it did not turn out the best so I deleted it. I shot at a small laundry detergent jug and it peppered it pretty good.

I would definately recommend getting a blackpowder shotgun though. They are a lot of fun.

RE: Range Report - New GM 62cal Smoothie
 

Did you try any of the roundball? It might be exciting to try that 100 grain charge, but how was the recoil? I think a turkey is in for a bad day when they come across you hiding in the brush with that thing. Glad you like the smoothbore.

RE: Range Report - New GM 62cal Smoothie
 

I did not try any roundball yet. I am going to cast some this week so I have some more. I am going to try some different loadcombos withthose Nitro cards and wads and see what I come up with.

Recoil was not bad at all. It was plenty comfortable to shoot.

Thanks

RE: Range Report - New GM 62cal Smoothie
 

I think your using way to much powder in a 20Ga. if you are going to use 90 gr. then put the same volume of shot on top of that. I have always found good parrers with egual volume shot/powder. I use two over powder wads I cut from milk cartons and a single one for a over shot wad. why ore you using a shot cup and wad?

Ken

RE: Range Report - New GM 62cal Smoothie
 

I had to find out what size shot patterned best, mine did not do well with #5 but did quite well with #4 & #6, I use the same volume for both shot and powder it seem to pattern best that way. Lee

RE: Range Report - New GM 62cal Smoothie
 

Im just trying out some different things here to see what works best. A friend of mine uses a thin wad under his shot cup so I thought I would try. Either way I dont think Im gonna use a shot cup because they dont hold much lead.

For now I am going to use 90gr FFG KIK and 90gr (1-1/4oz) of shot. Next time I go to the range I am going to try both 90 and 100 grains FFG KIK with 100gr #5 Shot.

RE: Range Report - New GM 62cal Smoothie
 

Congrats on the new toy.

RE: Range Report - New GM 62cal Smoothie
 

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