stagpanther
New member
Was out shooting with a friend today, he's getting ready for our turkey season and bought a brand new 26" win SXP (which I know nothing about) and he was shooting at "turkey distances" to get a workout, including trying out full and modified chokes. His patterns seemed rather poor, they looked like "O's" with the majority of the shot in circle around the point of aim, and for some reason a greater concentration to the right side, using either a full or modified choke. I'm a rifle guy, so I had no idea why a shotgun would do that--I even went home and got my nearly 20 year old 870 and shooting the same stuff the patterns were noticeably better. I use a Primos jelly head for hunting, even took it off and let him use it to see if there was any difference, there appeared to be a slight improved at the point of aim, but still a tendency to pattern most of the shot in an "O" pattern, regardless of distance (30 to 50 yards). Any ideas/suggestions?