Shot patterns

BadDaditood · Mar 20, 2023

Lots of stuff to try here!
First I’m going to try to say
“Tow/faux tow “ three times real fast without a faux pas ;-)

Ballshooter · Mar 20, 2023

Awesome information and gives me some motivation to really sit down and test some shot loads in my Kibler. Glad the roundball load shot well for you.

Zutt-man · Mar 20, 2023

Ballshooter said:
Awesome information and gives me some motivation to really sit down and test some shot loads in my Kibler. Glad the roundball load shot well for you.

I’ll be continuing to work on this so I can get as tight as patterns as yours!

Ballshooter · Mar 20, 2023

For your shot loads...What size wad were you using? Was it a felt wad?

Zutt-man · Mar 20, 2023

Ballshooter said:
For your shot loads...What size wad were you using? Was it a felt wad?

1/2” fiber wads from Circle Fly. 24 gauge

Eterry · Mar 20, 2023

Zutt-man said:
#10 is clearly the best. There are some suitors behind it that would make solid loads as well. For reference, 210 bb’s hit the 14x14 area which means 82% of the load was focused on target.

Have you done the soup-can penetration test? That's a lot of lead for 80grs.

Zutt-man · Mar 20, 2023

Eterry said:
Have you done the soup-can penetration test? That's a lot of lead for 80grs.

I mentioned it earlier, but it wasn’t a thought at the time. The shot did penetrate the wood about an 1/16-1/8”. I would think that should be sufficient on flesh

Brokennock · Mar 20, 2023

BadDaditood said:
Lots of stuff to try here!
First I’m going to try to say
“Tow/faux tow “ three times real fast without a faux pas ;-)

Please post a video, please.

Eterry · Mar 21, 2023

Bushfire said:
How many repetitions did you do of each test? It would be interesting to see if its consistent.

Are something like 2's or 4's good for a big bird like turkey?

I've killed many gobblers with a hot load of #6. I always hold on the neck where it leaves the body. Never had one get away.
Also used #4, but your pattern can get a little thin with them. But, it only takes a couple #4 pellets in the right place.

I have seen turkeys run off with a full load of shot in the body.

Eterry · Mar 21, 2023

Zutt-man said:
I mentioned it earlier, but it wasn’t a thought at the time. The shot did penetrate the wood about an 1/16-1/8”. I would think that should be sufficient on flesh

All due respect, the pellets need to break neck bones or the skull to cleanly take a turkey. Body shots are about useless IMHO, besides chipping a tooth on pellets ruins my appetite
I'd suggest a tin can test.

Zutt-man · Mar 21, 2023

Eterry said:
All due respect, the pellets need to break neck bones or the skull to cleanly take a turkey. Body shots are about useless IMHO, besides chipping a tooth on pellets ruins my appetite
I'd suggest a tin can test.

Where in my previous posts did I mention body shots? No one likes lead in their nuggets

FiremanBrad · Mar 21, 2023

Zutt-man said:
I mentioned it earlier, but it wasn’t a thought at the time. The shot did penetrate the wood about an 1/16-1/8”. I would think that should be sufficient on flesh

I’m confident that that #10 load will penetrate skull and vertebrae at 25 yds.
I’m doing it with 60 gr of 2F under 70gr of #5’s. Have beetle cleaned skulls to prove it lol.

Eterry · Mar 21, 2023

Zutt-man said:
Where in my previous posts did I mention body shots? No one likes lead in their nuggets

Mom would bake the wild bird, but A great friend introduced me to fried wild turkey nuggets! The best ever!!

Zutt-man · Apr 19, 2023

Circling back, the #10 load did the trick at 15 yards. I posted some photos on the hunting portion of the forum, but I’ll include them here as well.

I had two stray BB’s enter the breast and went straight through. I would guess there would be similar results at 25-30 yds.

Blackpowderart · Apr 19, 2023

@Zutt-man what kind of camera were you using to get the shot behind you? Nice work.

Brokennock · Apr 19, 2023

Again, congratulations. Thank you for all the feedback information.

Zutt-man · Apr 19, 2023

Blackpowderart said:
@Zutt-man what kind of camera were you using to get the shot behind you? Nice work.

My iPhone

I try to carry a little tripod with me, but forgot it that evening. Had a couple pieces of bark balancing on a log to keep it propped up.

I forgot to format my Go-Pro so I didn’t get that much footage.

Newaygo77 · Apr 19, 2023

Impressive. Thanks for your efforts in posting the results. This 58 is a legitimate turkey gun. Makes me wonder what it would do with #6 shot. You’ve cost me a lot of money with this post; looks like I’ll be ordering another Kibler.

Can I ask who did your jug choke? And the approximate cost?

Thanks

Brokennock · Apr 19, 2023

Zutt-man said:
I forgot to format my Go-Pro so I didn’t get that much footage.

Can you check and see if there is a los.dir when you look at what is in the camera's memory or on the memory card. I had a formating issue with a trail cam and even though the cam seemed to be working, the pictures and videos weren't in the DCIM file where they usually are. There was a file labeled los.dir full of files I couldn't open. I changed the name of one of the smaller files, just adding .jpg to the end, and it became a usable picture file. I then chose a much larger file and changed it to the same file name but adding .avi to the end and it became a usable video file.

Hawk78 · Apr 19, 2023

That would make a great buckshot gun for dog hunting with beagles

Zutt-man said:
With turkey season around the corner and a new smoothie finished, I’m dusting off the decoys and busting out my shooting supplies. It’s a .58 Kibler and I had the barrel jug choked to improved/modified. My goal is to get a good load out to 30-35 yds. I’ll be using #5 shot for the meantime (it’s what I have on me).

I have a few different loads I want to try.

1. Sky-Chief
2. @Brokennock ’s shot cups
3. A combination of the two
4. Cornmeal instead of card with both 1, 2, & 3
5. Standard load with cornmeal

Here are a few pictures of the new completed project. I need to break out the elk rug and gt some quality photos by done. In the meantime, please show your patterns and loads you’ve developed!

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