it's still neat for me and the boys!

Had a little sunshine here and Timmy had some friends over. They wanted to see the shotgun in action so we decided to take a movie too. PJ got to do the shooting because while I was setting up the first shot I realized I didn't want my bald spot to dominate the frame!

For the first shot we decided to go with an empty milk jug as the target. We figured if the penetration was OK, we could move on to a full jug later. Here's the first shot (taken from about 23 yards):

Looks like a good hit!


Found this 10 feet in front of the muzzle position.


A quick count shows about 50 #5 shot penetrated.


Looks like a little more than 40 came out the back. There were 9 rolling around inside the jug.

Well, that worked so well we had to move on to the full jug. I think Timmy was disappointed because he's used to seeing the jugs just destroyed by the big slugs. After he saw the bunch of holes, he decided it was still cool.


Another solid hit. PJ might have pulled the shot just a little anticipating the recoil.


Several good leak paths opened up there.


Nothing came out the back except for one pass through in the handle. If you look close, you can see that some of the shot made it through the water and dented the jug outward on the back.


PJ decided we needed to show off the gun again but he tries to hide from the camera....



Later, I went out to check the pattern of a 25 yard shot. Fortunately I had a piece of cloth headed for the trash to use as a backdrop. I don't know if it will amke it through the internet but in person, you can see a nice pattern centered on the POA.

Jerry,

Bored? Never!

It's what we do!

Interesting,

I'd have expected more hydroshock with the water jug. The swarm of shot didn't displace the water - just penetrated.

Gary

HEEEEECK no thats not boring. I thoroughly enjoy your videos.

Nice one

As we have all said Jerry, keep 'em coming....

Love these videos Jerry! Need to see more!

Not boring at all ! The only problem I have is keeping the drooling to a minimum since I'm waiting for one of my own! Have you tried it out on clay targets or live birds yet?

Rotor,
It is effective on birds. I've not tried it on any clays. It would probably work on clay out to 25 ish yards but beyond that we'd have to come up with a different load. The .87 works well on clays though! Maybe someone could post something there?

Since you can see how the load knocks the steel target flat, I'm sure it would have the energy for clays or birds out a good ways. It's a cylinder choke so the pattern will naturally spread.

Gary