GC
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OK in the spirit of getting the ball rolling here, what's your idea of the ultimate eastern calling gun? In my little part of the world my average shot is probably somewhere around 50 yards for called critters. A lot of that distance is dependant upon my set-up and just when I elect to take the shot. I've been using one of three rigs.
The first is my Remington m700 ADL .243. This is the synthetic version, which I've camoed. It is scoped with a Baush & Lomb 3x9x40 which rarely gets turned up more than 4X. It has the roughest bore I've seen in awhile, but is truely one of the most accurate sporter weight rifles I've seen. My handloads with Hornaday 87 grain V-Max bullets are .3's to .4's accurate everyday.
The next and most recent would be my Wilson Combat Colt AR-15 Flattop .223. Scoped with a new Weaver Grand Slam 3x10x40 and shooting my handloads of 60 grain Hornaday V-Max bullets, this little dude will shoot. It was promised to be less than a 1 MOA rifle. It'll go less than .75 inches for five rounds easily. If I can manage the trigger and hold my mouth right, it'll cut that considerably.
The last and the one I'm currently experimenting with is my Benelli M1S90 camo turkey gun. A three inch magnum with a 24" inch barrel it's handy, light, and very effecient with number Four Buckshot. BTW, in all the test firing I've been doing through several different shotguns, the Federal Premium has proven to be the best patterning load by far. Hell, the wad from that load penetrated the target backing at 50 yards and only about 20" inches from the dot I was shooting at. Looked as if I had fired a slug there, wicked!
What are your fav's?
The first is my Remington m700 ADL .243. This is the synthetic version, which I've camoed. It is scoped with a Baush & Lomb 3x9x40 which rarely gets turned up more than 4X. It has the roughest bore I've seen in awhile, but is truely one of the most accurate sporter weight rifles I've seen. My handloads with Hornaday 87 grain V-Max bullets are .3's to .4's accurate everyday.
The next and most recent would be my Wilson Combat Colt AR-15 Flattop .223. Scoped with a new Weaver Grand Slam 3x10x40 and shooting my handloads of 60 grain Hornaday V-Max bullets, this little dude will shoot. It was promised to be less than a 1 MOA rifle. It'll go less than .75 inches for five rounds easily. If I can manage the trigger and hold my mouth right, it'll cut that considerably.
The last and the one I'm currently experimenting with is my Benelli M1S90 camo turkey gun. A three inch magnum with a 24" inch barrel it's handy, light, and very effecient with number Four Buckshot. BTW, in all the test firing I've been doing through several different shotguns, the Federal Premium has proven to be the best patterning load by far. Hell, the wad from that load penetrated the target backing at 50 yards and only about 20" inches from the dot I was shooting at. Looked as if I had fired a slug there, wicked!
What are your fav's?
