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A while back I posted about the new gun. Shortly afterward, Mike B. asked to see something on the patterning. Well, here you go Mike.

I have used the gun on three days of clay shooting, Los Angeles and Atlanta. I have also shot it at clays at home. Today I thought I would take a look at the pattern it throws. For the sake of simplicity, I shot all of the patterned loads from the right barrel. If there is a difference between the two barrels, I would expect it to be negligible.

I patterned two different loads. All shots were taken at a measured 40 yards (a long way). A 30" circle was made over the densest part of the pattern. I did not use a chart to determine the number of pellets in the cartridges. Instead, I cut them open and counted - whew!

H&H 'Royal' Game, 1oz of UK #6/USA #7, fiber wad (Gamebore)
Brisk (~1260fps)
Average 43% of shot in a 30" circle at 40 yards.
I would call that Improved Cylinder

H&H Light Load, 15/16oz of USA #7.5/UK #7, fiber wad (HULL)
Moderate (~1180fps)
Average 52% of shot in a 30" circle at 40 yards.
I would call that Light Modified

Here is a photo of a typical pattern with the H&H Light Load.

After shooting many, many shotgun shells out of a total of five H&H Paradox guns I have come to the conclusion that moderate loads do better than fast loads and light loads do better than heavy loads. Today's results are in support of my personal experience.

Also, it is interesting that the pellets much beyond the 30" center of mass go wide and far. They are either in there or they are gone. Perhaps this is because of the Paradox rifling. No matter, a nice 30" pattern at 40yds is all you need.

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Edited by CptCurl (12/06/12 08:40 PM)

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