500 patterning

Patterned a few rounds the other day. Thought I'd post the results.

Good photos!

I always thought, and still do think, that the Winchester Military Buckshot ammo (it is marketed to civilians mainly) is pretty shitty 00 buckshot. I will never buy any of that ammo.

I think I agree with you. I shot more than this and the Winchester Military was easily the worst patterning out of my gun. I pretty much knew what to expect from the Federal (flitecontrol) Tactical but it was nice to see the Powershok pattern well especially under 25yds. It was very consistant.

While I don't know for certain I suspect the Military Buckshot sold on the civilian market are either lot over runs or shells discarded because they had minor manufacturing flaws and didn't meet government quality control inspection.

This is a very common practice with M193 and M855 5.56 ammo sold on the civilian market.

Regards

In today’s market place I’d take all the win buck I could find at 2018 prices!

My 930SPX, Top is the "military grade" and below the Winchester. And both are made by Olin. But all shotguns are different, kinda like women.

Well, those 22' targets prove me wrong.

Thanks for the pics. I shot other targets and the Military Grade tended to throw a circular pattern with few, it any hits in the middle of the pattern. Unlike yours that seem evenly spaced which I would find acceptable. It's most definitely worth patterning different loads for sure.