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Grenadier - as long as the shot cloud is relatively short, that looks like a nice 45 to 47 yard grouse pattern to me.

Looks like it's probably a bit low the way you were holding - using the sights, perhaps? A more normal shotgun hold should being up the pattern - you're way ahead of those who don't pattern their guns to see where and how they are shooting.
Thanks for posting your results.

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I too would like to know if the patterns are hitting high, low, right, or left. Furthermore, are the barrels regulated to strike to same POA?

In the limited patterning I have done, I find 28 gram (1 oz.) Gamebore to be the best in my Evans, but the pattern centers are slightly low. I believe this is due to excessive velocity, but have not persued this much. That being said, I shoot fairly well on phesant and sporting clays with the standard gamebore round.

I will ask Lewis Drake bring up some of the Holland light loads you speak of to try this summer.

After reading the Paradox piece in African Rifles & Cartridges, I was interested in loading a few #1 Buckshot loads for the Evans. Using available data, I loaded a small variety concotions listed at less than 8,500 PSI. The loads were fairly fast, but I do not remember the advertised velocities. All of the initial loads shot very low at 25 yards. I have not gone back to the drawing board, but I suspect I need to slow things down a little.

Thank You for the report.

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