So my last range trip, I took my Mossberg 500 out at the end to check the function and the red dot I'd just put on and get it set... (needs a little adjustment but not bad out of the box).
Only shot two rounds because I was mainly function testing since it was a trade gun I hadn't fired yet, but my pattern seemed odd (to me).
Mossberg 500
18" Mossberg Breacher barrel
Hornady Critical Defense 00 Buck
15 yards (approx)
The first shot patterned almost completely horizontal... the second shot almost completely vertical... Wish I'd taken pics...
Is this normal? Never shot buckshot before, only slugs for deer and shot (6 and/or 7 1/2 for squirrel)... I'd just never seen it before... Still looked like a nasty pattern, just expected more of a rounded "clump"...
Only shot two rounds because I was mainly function testing since it was a trade gun I hadn't fired yet, but my pattern seemed odd (to me).
Mossberg 500
18" Mossberg Breacher barrel
Hornady Critical Defense 00 Buck
15 yards (approx)
The first shot patterned almost completely horizontal... the second shot almost completely vertical... Wish I'd taken pics...
Is this normal? Never shot buckshot before, only slugs for deer and shot (6 and/or 7 1/2 for squirrel)... I'd just never seen it before... Still looked like a nasty pattern, just expected more of a rounded "clump"...