Ok I went out and did some patterns today. The only thing I have to compare against is some Rio 9 pellet 00 buck. I haven’t patterned the other two rounds I shot today so I have no pictures to compare them with.
Left to right
Rio non buffered no shot cup soft lead 9 pellet 00 buck, cheapest I can find.
Remington Express buffered 9 pellet 00 buck
Remington Magnum buffered 12 pellet 00 buck
both Remingtons have a shot cup , gas seal or column
All 2 3/4" shells
So the
Rio I have comparison pictures and to my eye the results are incredible…..you really can’t ask for much better from barrel work. the targets are 12"x12" for both types of targets
10 yards,
stock barrel
VCS
15 yards,
stock
VCS
20 yards,
stock
VCS
Remington Express buffered 9 pellet
10 yards
15 yards
20 yards
Remington Magnum buffered, 12 pellet….high power, high velocity
10 yards
15 yards
20 yards, notice the nice cone, one pellet missing.
Slugs….more manageable and no loss in accuracy….and possibly better but I have to play with them more.
50 yards off hand, two 5 inch gongs, one 10 inch….for reference a CD is 6 inches. My buddy hung up the gong on the right and couldn’t unhang it with the last 5 rounds in his AK….but I got it.
Centurion 1 1/8 oz rifled slugs
Video
play it full screen
I am very, very satisfied.