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Posted: 9/19/2006 12:15:40 AM EDT
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Subject pretty much says it all: I've got 2 shotguns we've never fired, and would like to check them for pattern. How do I go about it? Preferably cheaply! TIA. |
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Get some large sheets of white paper. I have a lot of leftover packing paper from U-Haul from the last time I moved and it works great. Attach the paper to some type of support, attach a target, draw a circle, whatever. Pick your distance, aim at your prefered point of impact and see what happens. I suggest picking up a variety of loads to see what works best in your gun. I hope this helps. Here is an even better explanation from a very experienced shotgunner: Dave McCracken on The High Road |
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Checking out that link to The High Road, I remembered stumbling across a box of U-Haul "wrapping paper" for moving, large sheets of newsprint. Now I just need a frame...  (Back in The Dark Ages I recall my shop teacher Mr. Pitcher bitching about some guy he ran into in a state park, using a picnic table for patterning his scatter gun for pheasant season...  )
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