Hevi 13 Pattern
03-10-2013, 06:12 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pine Hill Alabama USA
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Second year. I alternated between Hevi-13 6's and 7's last year. Killed two bird with the 7's last year. One at 40 yards and one at 18. Neither of them even flopped. Killed 2 other birds with the 6's but they were at 10 yards and 25 yards so no real test there.
03-10-2013, 06:39 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Lutz, Florida. Turkey woods in the spring.
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My hunting partner and myself kicked around the idea of trying the Hevi-13 7's but we never got around to it. We use the Magblend and 6's. May have to open up that conversation again.
03-10-2013, 07:02 AM
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I know the 7's are good to 40 yards. Would they still kill at 50 yards with this velocity? Don't know. But when I hunt in thicker woods where I probably won't have a shot until he is at 40 yards or closer I carry the 7's.
03-10-2013, 10:04 AM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Maine
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great pattern and all but what if you get a turkey in to 10 yards?
the reason I use lead is because it patterns decently out to 40 yards and still hold a wide enough pattern at 10 yards so it acts like a shotgun not a slug.
the reason I use lead is because it patterns decently out to 40 yards and still hold a wide enough pattern at 10 yards so it acts like a shotgun not a slug.
03-10-2013, 10:36 AM
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At 10 yards you better hold true whether you are shooting lead or denser than lead shot. I'd be willing to bet you there isn't very much difference at all in the pattern size of our two guns at that distance. And I have shot it at 20 before. The pattern at that distance was about 14 inches wide.
