Strikey wrote:I thought the standard for checking the pattern for 12gauge was a 3 foot circle drawn onto whatever you want to use ( my gun club many years ago had a patterning board made from 1/8 or 3/16 steel plate painted white ) set at 20 yards, that should give a fair indication of the percentage of pellets within your aiming mark and if there are any holes in your pattern
brett1868 wrote:Sounds like you need a shootin car, get a 4 door which should yield 10 panels to check patterns with
bentaz wrote:Everyone needs a shooting car, I've only got 26 more payments till i own mine, but in the meen time how good is shooting up the banks car
Noisydad wrote:Use a thick lime wash for your pattern board paint. Its just lime and water and far cheaper than actual paint.
Chronos wrote:Standard seems to be a sheet of steel, maybe 1200x1200 and about 1mm -1.5mm thick. Paint it after each shot
For me I like to keep a record. Chip paper would have been ok if I could get some but I ended up with a roll of builders cardboard, made a template and spray painted an aiming mark in the center. Wrote what shell, choke etc on the card. Still have them.
Chronos
bigfellascott wrote:I always found foxes were good to test a load out on.