Pattern opinion?

[timberjack86]

I know we have a forum for pattern pictures but I thought I'd get more opinions here. 16 gauge Remington #6 at 40 yards. Will probably not shoot one that far unless accidental. Will this pattern kill at 40 yards? I think it will but looking for more opinions. Thanks

 

[Remington700]

I would be scared to shoot 40 with that pattern. Looks like there are pellets in the neck though.

 

[megalomaniac]

Hit or miss. Won't kill reliably, and will result in a wounded tom if he doesn't flop.

Ofc it only takes one pellet, but that pattern is pretty sparse at 40.

 

[catman529]

It will kill but I'd id be afraid to shoot a turkey at that distance. It kinda looks like my pattern which I just keep to 30 or closer anymore. I've missed enough chip shots that I prefer a more open pattern now. I try to set up where the bird will have to be inside 30 before we can see each other.

 

[Setterman]

I am not a fan of that pattern personally,

 

[TN Larry]

I wouldn't trust it consistently at that distance. I would check it at 30 yds and see.

 

[Southern Sportsman]

I wouldn't hunt with it.

 

[ZachMarkus]

I wouldn't shoot one past 30 yards with that setup.

 

[Boll Weevil]

Respectfully, no sir. Not a confidence-inspiring pattern at the moment of truth.

 

[TDW05]

As other have said, I would not trust that pattern.

 

[younggun308]

To be completely honest, you need a bigger target to actually see your pattern. No way of telling what POI of center of pattern is with that small a target. My gun shoots low and to the left, but I wouldn't have known if all I used was a turkey target-sized piece of paper.
Get a large roll of paper like they sell at Home Depot. Even old Christmas wrapping paper is better if you orient it wide. Then you can find the center of your pattern and make your "Kentucky windage" adjustment.

 

[deerfever]

I would look into another brand of ammo if you can find any for a 16 gauge and pattern with it. I would do more testing before I hunted with the gun.

 

[Boll Weevil]

I would look into another brand of ammo if you can find any for a 16 gauge and pattern with it.

DF might be right. What load was that?

 

[wkyhunter]

This!!!

To be completely honest, you need a bigger target to actually see your pattern. No way of telling what POI of center of pattern is with that small a target. My gun shoots low and to the left, but I wouldn't have known if all I used was a turkey target-sized piece of paper.
Get a large roll of paper like they sell at Home Depot. Even old Christmas wrapping paper is better if you orient it wide. Then you can find the center of your pattern and make your "Kentucky windage" adjustment.

 

[philsanchez76]

I know we have a forum for pattern pictures but I thought I'd get more opinions here. 16 gauge Remington #6 at 40 yards. Will probably not shoot one that far unless accidental. Will this pattern kill at 40 yards? I think it will but looking for more opinions. Thanks

Haha I did exactly what you did and drew the world's dumbest looking turkey heads cuz I didn't want to pay $$$$ for actual turkey targets. Your pattern is literally identical to mine with Nitros. I upgraded to HEviShot and it was way better. I still have not been able to pay the insane $ for TSS. But I am pretty impressed with the hevishot.

 

[timberjack86]

Thanks guys gonna grab a big sheet of cardboard and try and find some more shells, I don't have to hunt with this gun. Just wanting to kill one with it

 

[wkyhunter]

I have a old model 12 in 16 that I'd love to kill a turkey with.
Solid rib, but some jackleg put a polychoke on it.

 

[Coker]

I want to know where I can get some targets like that.

 

[Setterman]

off topic but am I the only one that hates turkey head targets? To me I want a spot, so I take a piece of poster board, draw a black spot with a sharpie about the size of a half dollar and want my pattern centered on that. My reasoning is that sometimes I can only see a head, others the entire bird but want my gun centered for wherever the dot is.

 

[ruger7mag]

off topic but am I the only one that hates turkey head targets? To me I want a spot, so I take a piece of poster board, draw a black spot with a sharpie about the size of a half dollar and want my pattern centered on that. My reasoning is that sometimes I can only see a head, others the entire bird but want my gun centered for wherever the dot is.

I do the same but I use wrapping paper that I buy on clearance. It's easier to fine tune our scopes when you have an actual dot to shoot at.