Pattern Checking

[nkbj]

Going to be working up new loads for a Pedersoli 1816 and would appreciate some input on equipment.
What do you fellas find works best for pattern targets and a frame to hold them?

 

[Woody Morgan]

A piece of butcher paper on a 2x2 frame or the grease plate at your local scattergun range.

wm

 

[Daryl Crawford]

I have a 1x2 frame that I tack sheets of 24"x32" paper to. It works for me.

 

[Skychief]

I use a big cardboard box salvaged from the grocery store, and paper from a bolt of newsprint paper from our local newspaper office.

Each are free of charge and could not be better suited to patterning a scattergun.

Good luck and please share your results, Skychief.

 

[BS]

36" x 167' Red Rosin Paper
or
35" x 140' Multi-Purpose Builder's Paper

cut into 35-36" squares

Build a frame out of scrap wood with a backer of cardboard or foam or what ever.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Road signs out the window.

 

[smo]

Christmas wrapping paper, they say works well..I haven’t tried it, yet.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Christmas wrapping paper, they say works well..I haven’t tried it, yet.

Long time to wait between tests though! Only happens once a year! ☹

 

[Eric Krewson]

Every time I buy something in a big box like a TV I cut up the box in large squares to use for all my shooting. If I am patterning my fowler for turkeys I use a turkey target stapled to the card board because hits in the head and neck is all that counts.

This where I started, not too good.

Enter the Skychief load!

 

[Woody Morgan]

Road signs out the window.










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Jeez. A British redneck!

wm

 

[Yewbender]

Brits patterning board....

 

[SDSmlf]

Road signs out the window.

How many windows does your house have with road signs within range?

 

[Paul Herbst]

How many windows does your house have with road signs within range?

Mobile home????

 

[Skychief]

Long time to wait between tests though! Only happens once a year! ☹

Then there's the trouble of smo seeing the pellet strikes among the coal smudging!!!

 

[smo]

I’ve got spare switches , left over from when I was a youngin’...

I really liked the British Red Neck comment by Woody , reckon’ he could speak English with a southern British drawl...

 

[Woody Morgan]

I’ve got spare switches , left over from when I was a youngin’...

I really liked the British Red Neck comment by Woody , reckon’ he could speak English with a southern British drawl...

As a matter of fact, I know of one person that does.
A good friend grew up in Jolly Ole and has lived his adult life in southern Georgia.
When we first met, I was like, "Where the devil are you from?!"
I'm kinda direct like that.

wm

 

[nkbj]

Road signs out the window.










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Oh wow I didn't know you were in Houston!

 

[mushka]

Maybe I'm simple but I just put a tincan or soda can out about 25 or 30 yards and shoot at it. If it has 4 to 6 BB holes in it I call that good. If that don't work I try a different load. All I shoot at with shot is small game and that is enough to dispatch whatever I'm shooting at. Works for me.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Road signs out the window.

LD

 

[Loyalist Dave]

What do you fellas find works best for pattern targets and a frame to hold them?

I go to the Dollar Store.
I buy a roll of gift wrapping paper. I reverse it and tack it up to a target board or cardboard box. The opposite side of the pattern on the paper is white. I mark a spot in the center with a black marker, and BOOM.
And each roll only costs me a dollar.

THEN I test for effectiveness....,

I take an empty, steel, tuna can.
I stand it on it's side, on top of the target board, with the bottom of the can facing me and BOOM.
Then I retrieve it, and make sure the pellets went through the steel can. If not, either I'm too far away, or the pellets are too small (and shed too much energy before impact) OR the load is too light.
A crude method, but it works.

LD